MSI GeForce 7800 GTX Review

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 antialising 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 note that ATI chips can run at 6x antialising. Since NVIDIA chips cannot run at this configuration, we had to use 4x antialising to use a configuration that is valid to all video cards included in our bechmarks, allowing direct comparison between them.

At a resolution of 1024×768 without any image quality enhancement, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX achieved performance similar to its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX and it was 18.44% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 49.64% faster than NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, 135.24% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 136.39% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 299.12% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 373.76% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 397.36% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

When we activated the dynamic overclocking mode of GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI, it achieved performance similar to its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX and it was 22.89% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 55.26% faster than NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, 144.07% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 145.26% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 314.11% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 391.56% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT and 416.04% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro.

At a resolution of 1280×1024 without any image quality enhancement, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX was 28.00% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 62.00% faster than NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, 169.29% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 210.02% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 381.89% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 483.37% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro and 511.59% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT.

GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was beaten only by its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 3,48% faster.

When we activated the dynamic overclocking mode of GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI, it achieved performance similar to its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX and it was 35.95% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 72.07% faster than NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, 186.02% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 229.28% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 411.83% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 519.62% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro and 549.60% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT.

At a resolution of 1600×1200 without any image quality enhancement, MSI GeForce 7800 GTX was 36.63% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 73.76% faster than NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, 200.22% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 324.92% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 468.96% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 559.83% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro and 658.62% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT.

GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was beaten only by its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 4.08% faster.

When we activated the dynamic overclocking mode of GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI, it was 3.36% faster than XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, 46.99% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 86.93% faster than NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, 222.97% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 357.12% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 512.08% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600, 609.83% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro and 716.10% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT.

At a resolution of 1024×768 enabling image quality enhancements, GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was 21.75% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 63.57% faster than NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, 171.15% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 370.24% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 483.04% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro, 547.27% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600 and 570.21% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT.

GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was beaten only by its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 3.70% faster.

When we activated the dynamic overclocking mode of GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI, it achieved performance similar to its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX and it was 28.97% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 73.27% faster than NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, 187.23% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 398.14% faster than XFX GeForce 6600 GT, 517.63% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro, 585.67% faster than Albatron GeForce 6600 and 609.97% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT.

To run at 1280×1024 enabling image quality enhancements on 3DMark05 the video card must have at least 256 MB of memory, because of that some video cards couldn’t run this test. Here GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was 28.75% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 74.67% faster than NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, 201.16% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 545.83% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro and 792.60% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT.

GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was beaten only by its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 4.30% faster.

When we activated the dynamic overclocking mode of GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI, it was 3.57% faster than XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, 39.08% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 88.68% faster than NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, 225.32% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 597.63% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro and 864.20% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT.

To run at 1600×1200 enabling image quality enhancements on 3DMark05 the video card must have at least 256 MB of memory, because of that some video cards couldn’t run this test. Here GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was 25.35% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 86.65% faster than NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, 203.35% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 607.64% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro and 1.122,29% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT.

GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI was beaten only by its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX, which was 4.30% faster.

When we activated the dynamic overclocking mode of GeForce 7800 GTX from MSI, it achieved performance similar to its rival, the XFX GeForce 7800 GTX and it was 32.39% faster than ATI Radeon X850 XT P.E., 97.13% faster than NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT, 220.38% faster than Sapphire Radeon X700 Pro, 647.37% faster than Sapphire Radeon X600 Pro and 1.190,91% faster than ATI Radeon X600 XT.