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XFX Overclocked GeForce 7950 GX2 (PV-T71U-ZDD9) Review
Author: Gabriel Torres and Cássio Lima
Type: Reviews Last Updated: June 28, 2006
Page: 7 of 10
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3DMark05

3DMark05 measures performance by simulating DirectX 9.0c games, i.e. using the new Shader 3.0 model. This programming model is used by Far Cry game and other games to be launched in the future. This new programming model is used by GeForce 6 and 7 series from nVidia and Radeon X1000 series from ATI.

We run this program in three resolutions, 1024x768x32, 1280x1024x32 and 1600x1200x32, first without antialiasing and anisotropic filtering, and then configuring antialising at 4x and anisotropic filtering also at 4x. This improves the video quality but lowers the performance. We were willing to see how much performance we lost by putting the VGA to run at the maximum possible image quality. It is important to notice that ATI chips can run at 6x antialiasing. Since nVidia chips cannot run at this configuration, we had to use 4x antialiasing to use a configuration that is valid to all video cards included in our benchmark, allowing direct comparison between them.

The results you check below. Keep in mind that models marked as "OC" are factory-overclocked. GeForce 7900 GT OC from XFX was running at 550 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.63 GHz (815 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7900 GT is 450 MHz/1.32 GHz (660 MHz DDR). GeForce 7950 GX2 OC from XFX was running at 570 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.55 GHz (775 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7950 GX2 is 500 MHz/1.2 GHz (600 MHz DDR).

GeForce 7950 GX2

3DMark05 - 1024x768 Score Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX) 8,172  
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia) 8,096 0.94%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia) 7,370 10.88%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) 7,342 11.30%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) 7,222 13.15%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX) 7,220 13.19%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) 6,982 17.04%
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia) 6,863 19.07%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) 6,789 20.37%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) 6,471 26.29%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia) 6,343 28.83%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) 5,732 42.57%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia) 5,594 46.09%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) 4,991 63.73%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia) 4,941 65.39%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia) 4,537 80.12%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) 4,301 90.00%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS) 3,993 104.66%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia) 3,675 122.37%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) 2,886 183.16%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) 2,872 184.54%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron) 1,701 380.42%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI) 1,433 470.27%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) 1,365 498.68%

GeForce 7950 GX2

3DMark05 - 1280x1024 Score Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX) 7,918  
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia) 7,804 1.46%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia) 6,962 13.73%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) 6,761 17.11%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX) 6,726 17.72%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) 6,699 18.20%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) 6,534 21.18%
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia) 6,208 27.55%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) 6,067 30.51%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) 5,554 42.56%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia) 5,504 43.86%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia) 4,780 65.65%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) 4,740 67.05%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia) 4,130 91.72%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) 4,085 93.83%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia) 3,745 111.43%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) 3,479 127.59%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS) 3,192 148.06%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia) 3,093 156.00%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) 2,253 251.44%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) 1,957 304.60%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron) 1,259 528.91%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) 1,040 661.35%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI) 992 698.19%

GeForce 7950 GX2

3DMark05 - 1600x1200 Score Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX) 7,749  
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia) 7,598 1.99%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia) 6,559 18.14%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) 6,513 18.98%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) 6,220 24.58%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX) 6,191 25.17%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) 5,862 32.19%
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia) 5,524 40.28%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) 5,371 44.27%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia) 4,786 61.91%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) 4,785 61.94%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia) 4,096 89.18%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) 3,931 97.13%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia) 3,455 124.28%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) 3,376 129.53%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia) 3,091 150.70%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) 2,856 171.32%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia) 2,608 197.12%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS) 2,430 218.89%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) 1,789 333.15%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) 1,264 513.05%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron) 944 720.87%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) 814 851.97%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI) 708 994.49%

GeForce 7950 GX2

3DMark05 - 1024x768 AAx4, Anisox4 Score Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX) 7,845  
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia) 7,735 1.42%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia) 6,893 13.81%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) 6,788 15.57%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) 6,717 16.79%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) 6,656 17.86%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX) 6,655 17.88%
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia) 6,123 28.12%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) 6,052 29.63%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) 5,874 33.55%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia) 5,559 41.12%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) 4,971 57.82%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia) 4,634 69.29%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia) 4,108 90.97%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) 4,072 92.66%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia) 3,700 112.03%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) 3,655 114.64%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS) 3,523 122.68%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia) 2,881 172.30%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) 2,232 251.48%
GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) 1,287 509.56%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) 1,038 655.78%
GeForce 6600 (Albatron) 935 739.04%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI) 903 768.77%

GeForce 7950 GX2

3DMark05 - 1280x1024 AAx4, Anisox4 Score Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX) 7,647  
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia) 7,485 2.16%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) 6,571 16.37%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia) 6,325 20.90%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) 6,040 26.61%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX) 5,968 28.13%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) 5,955 28.41%
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia) 5,277 44.91%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) 5,186 47.45%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) 4,915 55.58%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia) 4,664 63.96%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) 4,028 89.85%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia) 3,738 104.57%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) 3,295 132.08%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia) 3,286 132.71%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia) 2,969 157.56%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) 2,891 164.51%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS) 2,510 204.66%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia) 2,232 242.61%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) 1,722 344.08%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) 803 852.30%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI) 581 1,216.18%

 GeForce 7950 GX2

3DMark05 - 1600x1200 AAx4, Anisox4 Score Difference
GeForce 7950 GX2 OC (XFX) 7,447  
GeForce 7950 GX2 (nVidia) 7,209 3.30%
Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) 6,253 19.09%
GeForce 7900 GTX (nVidia) 5,668 31.39%
Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) 5,288 40.83%
Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) 5,285 40.91%
GeForce 7900 GT OC (XFX) 4,266 74.57%
Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) 4,205 77.10%
GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) 4,168 78.67%
GeForce 7900 GT (nVidia) 3,776 97.22%
GeForce 7800 GT (nVidia) 3,746 98.80%
Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) 3,325 123.97%
Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) 2,644 181.66%
GeForce 7600 GT (nVidia) 2,553 191.70%
Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) 2,365 214.88%
GeForce 6800 GS (nVidia) 2,235 233.20%
GeForce 6800 GT (nVidia) 2,233 233.50%
Radeon X800 GT (HIS) 1,948 282.29%
GeForce 7600 GS (nVidia) 1,552 379.83%
Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) 1,374 441.99%
Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) 589 1,164.35%
Radeon X600 XT (ATI) 341 2,083.87%

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