Thread: The GeForce 7900GTX and the Radeon X1900XT

Starting from the top, there is very little to choose between the GeForce 7900GTX and the Radeon X1900XT. Both the cards sit right at the top and thus, Nvidia with the 7900GTX is at level with ATI. We will bring you the clash of the overclocked 1900XTX and 7900GTX in the coming issues to decide on the winner. Till then, the scores are leveled. The GeForce 7900GT and the 7600GT are clearly the superstars of the show. At default clocks, the 7900GT stays above the 7800GT but once overclocked, the 7900GT rockets to the number two spot coming second only to the 7900GTX. The overclocked version of the 7900GT certainly helped with the added cooling and better memory chips used.

If you are looking to buy a high-end card, the 7900GT is highly recommended. Next is my favorite, the GeForce 7600GT. With stock cooling and reference design, we were able to push the Leadtek 7600GT to 595/1600 MHz (core/memory). The core can still be pushed a bit higher but we decided to stop at 595 MHz. The 7600GT at stock rules over the GeForce 6800GS, GeForce 7800GS (AGP) and the ATI Radeon 1600XT. Once overclocked, the GeForce 7600GT screams at the top sitting very close to the GeForce 7900GT and almost matching the GeForce 7800GT.



The 90 nm fabrication has done a lot of good to the G71 and G73 cores from Nvidia
and as a result, the GeForce 7600GT and the GeForce 7900GT offers fantastic performance and value for their respective segments. The icing on the cake comes in the form of reduced power consumption. A 7600GT SLI setup will not require any additional power and will come close to matching the performance of a 7900GT/ X1900XT. All eyes on the ATI camp, we await the release of X1800GT which should thicken the plot