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[nextpage title=”Introduction”]
GeForce 7600 GT is the top mid-range GPU from NVIDIA and XFX has this model, PV-T43G-UDD3, which comes factory-overclocked. Let’s see how faster is this overclocked model against the regular GeForce 7600 GT and also against other products available on the market, like GeForce 7600 GS and Radeon X1600 XT.
GeForce 7600 GT normally runs at 560 MHz accessing its memory at 1.4 GHz (700 MHz DDR). This reviewed model from XFX runs at 590 MHz and accesses its memory at 1.6 GHz (800 MHz DDR). You see this factory-overclocked video card from XFX in Figure 1.
Figure 1: XFX Overclocked GeForce 7600 GT (PV-T43G-UDD3).
XFX currently has four GeForce 7600 GT models on their catalog:
- PV-T73G-UDL3/7: 560 MHz clock, 1.4 GHz memory clock, 256 MB 128-bit GDDR3. A.k.a. “XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB DDR3”. That’s XFX version for the standard GeForce 7600 GT.
- PV-T43G-UDF3/7: 570 MHz clock, 1.45 GHz memory clock, 256 MB 128-bit GDDR3. XFX also calls this model as “XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB DDR3”, what is very confusing, since this is a factory-overclocked card.
- PV-T73G-UDE3/7: 580 MHz clock, 1.5 GHz memory clock, 256 MB 128-bit GDDR3. A.k.a. “XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB DDR3 Extreme Edition”.
- PV-T43G-UDD3/7: 590 MHz clock, 1.6 GHz memory clock, 256 MB 128-bit GDDR3. A.k.a. “XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB DDR3 XXX Edition”. That’s the model we are covering on this review.
You can see in our tutorial “NVIDIA Chips Comparison Table” the difference between GeForce 7600 GT and the other chips from NVIDIA, while on our tutorial “ATI Chips Comparison Table” you can compare it to its competitors from ATI.
On Figures 2 and 3 you can see XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB DDR3 XXX Edition (PV-T43G-UDD3). As you can see, its DVI connectors are lime yellow and it has a black metallic support on its top, where is written “XFX”.
Figure 2: XFX Overclocked GeForce 7600 GT (PV-T43G-UDD3).
Figure 3: XFX Overclocked GeForce 7600 GT (PV-T43G-UDD3), back view.
[nextpage title=”Overclocked GeForce 7600 GT (PV-T43G-UDD3) from XFX”]
This video card uses four GDDR3 512-Mbit 1.4 ns chips from Infineon (HYB18H512321AF-14), making its 256 MB video memory (512 Mbits x 4 = 256 MB). These chips can run up to 1.4 GHz (700 MHz DDR). On this video card the memory chips are overclocked and run at 1.6 GHz, 200 MHz (14.28%) above the maximum clock rate labeled for these memory chips.
Figure 4: 1.4 ns GDDR3 memory chips used by XFX Overclocked GeForce 7600 GT (PV-T43G-UDD3).
We removed its heatsink to take a look. It uses NVIDIA’s reference model, which is completely copper-made, as you can see in Figure 5. The heatsink doesn’t touch the memory chips, so no cooling solution is used on the memory chips.
Figure 5: Video card with its heatsink detached.
On Figure 6 you can see the GeForce 7600 GT chip used on this video card. As you can see, it is internally called G73-GT by NVIDIA.
Figure 6: GeForce 7600 GT chip.
This video card comes with a S-Video cable, a DVI-to-VGA adapter and a Component Video adapter. No games are included.
[nextpage title=”Main Specifications”]
- Graphics chip: GeForce 7600 GT running at 590 MHz
- Memory: 1.4 ns 128-bit 256 MB GDDR3 memory from Infineon (HYB18H512321AF-14), running at 1.6 GHz (800 MHz DDR).
- Bus type: PCI Express 16x.
- Connectors: Two DVI and one mini-DIN for S-Video and Component Video output.
- Number of CDs/DVDs that come with this board: One.
- Games that come with this board: None.
- Programs that come with this board: None.
- More information: https://www.xfxforce.com
- Average price in the US*: USD 211.50
* Researched at Shopping.com on the day we published this review.
[nextpage title=”How We Tested”]
During our benchmarking sessions, we used the configuration listed below. Between our benchmarking sessions the only variable was the video card being tested.
Hardware Configuration
- Motherboard: DFI LAN Party 925X-T2 (Intel 925X, Sep. 20th, 2004 BIOS)
- CPU: Pentium 4 3.4 GHz LGA 775
- Memory: Two 512 MB DDR2-533 CM2X512-4200 CL4 from Corsair memory modules
- Hard Drive: Maxtor DiamondMax 9 Plus (40 GB, ATA-133)
- Screen resolution: [email protected] Hz
Software Configuration
- Windows XP Professional installed using NTFS
- Service Pack 2
- Direct X 9.0c
- Intel inf driver version: 6.0.1.1002
- ATI video driver version: 4.10 (6.14.10.6483)
- ATI video driver version: 4.12 (Radeon X850 Platinum Edition)
- ATI video driver version: 5.3 (Radeon X800 GT)
- ATI video driver version: 5.9 (Radeon X800 GTO)
- ATI video driver version: 6.1 (Radeon X1600 XT from HIS)
- ATI video driver version: 8.173 beta (Radeon X1000 series)
- ATI video driver version: 8.203.3.0 (Radeon X1900 XTX)
- NVIDIA video driver version: 66.93
- NVIDIA video driver version: 77.72 (GeForce 7800 GTX)
- NVIDIA video driver version: 78.02 (GeForce 7800 GT)
- NVIDIA video driver version: 81.98 (GeForce 6800 GS)
- NVIDIA video driver version: 84.21 (GeForce 7600 and 7900 series)
Used Software
We adopted a 3% error margin; thus, differences below 3% cannot be considered relevant. In other words, products with a performance difference below 3% should be considered as having similar performance.
[nextpage title=”3DMark2001 SE”]
3DMark2001 SE measures video card performance simulating DirectX 8.1 games. It is very effective software for evaluating the performance from previous-generation games, programmed using DirectX 8. In this software we run six tests. We run the software in three resolutions, 1024x768x32, 1280x1024x32 and 1600x1200x32, first without antialising and with no frame buffer, then we put the antialising at 4 samples and the frame buffer at triple-buffering. 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.
You may be asking yourself why we added an old program in a review of a latest generation video card. To us, it is as important to know the performance of a video card with the latest games as it is to know its performance in an older game. That’s why we kept this software in our methodology.
The results you check below. Keep in mind that models marked as “OC” are factory-overclocked. GeForce 7600 GT OC from XFX was running at 590 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.6 GHz (800 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7600 GT is 560 MHz/1.4 GHz (700 MHz DDR). GeForce 7600 GS OC from Inno3D was running at 500 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.4 GHz (700 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7600 GS is 400 MHz/800 MHz (400 MHz DDR).
| 3DMark2001 SE – 1024×768 | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 23,004 | 13.61% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 22,731 | 12.26% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 22,720 | 12.21% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 21,858 | 7.95% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 21,510 | 6.23% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 21,487 | 6.12% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 21,043 | 3.93% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 20,299 | 0.25% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 20,248 | |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 20,084 | 0.82% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 20,072 | 0.88% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 19,865 | 1.93% |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 19,864 | 1.93% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 19,797 | 2.28% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 19,777 | 2.38% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 18,630 | 8.68% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 17,881 | 13.24% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 17,412 | 16.29% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 16,840 | 20.24% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 14,453 | 40.10% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 14,132 | 43.28% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 12,545 | 61.40% |
| 3DMark2001 SE – 1280×1024 | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 21,038 | 12.26% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 20,882 | 11.43% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 20,868 | 11.36% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 20,096 | 7.24% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 19,924 | 6.32% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 19,768 | 5.49% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 19,465 | 3.87% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 18,740 | |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 18,436 | 1.65% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 18,307 | 2.37% |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 18,228 | 2.81% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 18,084 | 3.63% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 18,015 | 4.02% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 17,658 | 6.13% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 17,005 | 10.20% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 16,750 | 11.88% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 15,721 | 19.20% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 15,464 | 21.18% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 14,854 | 26.16% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 11,403 | 64.34% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 11,274 | 66.22% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 9,472 | 97.85% |
| 3DMark2001 SE – 1600×1200 | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 19,986 | 13.54% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 19,868 | 12.87% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 19,382 | 10.11% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 18,988 | 7.87% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 18,793 | 6.76% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 18,390 | 4.47% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 18,140 | 3.05% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 17,603 | |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 16,784 | 4.88% |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 16,649 | 5.73% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 16,590 | 6.11% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 16,483 | 6.79% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 16,433 | 7.12% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 15,524 | 13.39% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 15,498 | 13.58% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 14,481 | 21.56% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 13,694 | 28.55% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 12,938 | 36.06% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 12,741 | 38.16% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 9,059 | 94.32% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 8,129 | 116.55% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 6,729 | 161.60% |
| 3DMark2001 SE – 1024×768 AAx4, FBx3 | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 20,783 | 17.23% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 20,451 | 15.36% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 20,403 | 15.09% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 19,671 | 10.96% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 19,208 | 8.35% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 19,103 | 7.76% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 18,336 | 3.43% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 17,728 | |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 17,187 | 3.15% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 16,979 | 4.41% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 16,856 | 5.17% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 16,834 | 5.31% |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 16,775 | 5.68% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 16,536 | 7.21% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 16,529 | 7.25% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 16,408 | 8.04% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 15,745 | 12.59% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 15,021 | 18.02% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 13,635 | 30.02% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 9,718 | 82.42% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 8,928 | 98.57% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 8,210 | 115.93% |
| 3DMark2001 SE – 1280×1024 AAx4, FBx3 | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 19,354 | 27.76% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 18,778 | 23.96% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 18,447 | 21.77% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 18,029 | 19.01% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 17,142 | 13.16% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 17,120 | 13.01% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 16,302 | 7.61% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 16,056 | 5.99% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 15,149 | |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 15,117 | 0.21% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 15,080 | 0.46% |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 14,294 | 5.98% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 14,173 | 6.89% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 13,833 | 9.51% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 13,655 | 10.94% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 13,652 | 10.97% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 12,892 | 17.51% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 12,364 | 22.53% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 10,487 | 44.46% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 6,915 | 119.07% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 6,049 | 150.44% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 5,755 | 163.23% |
| 3DMark2001 SE – 1600×1200 AAx4, FBx3 | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 18,090 | 65.49% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 17,322 | 58.47% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 16,299 | 49.11% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 16,213 | 48.32% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 15,734 | 43.94% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 15,503 | 41.83% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 15,362 | 40.54% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 14,418 | 31.90% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 11,829 | 8.22% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 11,663 | 6.70% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 11,127 | 1.79% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 10,931 | |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 10,659 | 2.55% |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 9,891 | 10.51% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 9,767 | 11.92% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 9,455 | 15.61% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 8,429 | 29.68% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 6,620 | 65.12% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 5,625 | 94.33% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 3,558 | 207.22% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 3,205 | 241.06% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 2,606 | 319.46% |
[nextpage title=”3DMark03″]
3DMark03 measures performance by simulating games written to DirectX 9, which are contemporary games. 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.
The results you check below. Keep in mind that models marked as “OC” are factory-overclocked. GeForce 7600 GT OC from XFX was running at 590 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.6 GHz (800 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7600 GT is 560 MHz/1.4 GHz (700 MHz DDR). GeForce 7600 GS OC from Inno3D was running at 500 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.4 GHz (700 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7600 GS is 400 MHz/800 MHz (400 MHz DDR).
| 3DMark03 – 1024×768 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 18,465 | 42.83% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 16,544 | 27.97% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 15,631 | 20.91% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 15,375 | 18.93% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 15,004 | 16.06% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 13,760 | 6.44% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 13,144 | 1.67% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 12,928 | |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 12,782 | 1.14% |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 12,111 | 6.75% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 11,724 | 10.27% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 11,285 | 14.56% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 11,223 | 15.19% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 9,563 | 35.19% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 9,352 | 38.24% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 9,134 | 41.54% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 8,213 | 57.41% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 8,056 | 60.48% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 7,295 | 77.22% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 4,847 | 166.72% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 4,128 | 213.18% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 3,468 | 272.78% |
| 3DMark03 – 1280×1024 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 15,394 | 50.54% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 13,888 | 35.81% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 13,045 | 27.57% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 12,578 | 23.00% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 12,239 | 19.69% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 10,997 | 7.54% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 10,671 | 4.35% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 10,314 | 0.86% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 10,226 | |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 9,529 | 7.31% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 9,142 | 11.86% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 8,836 | 15.73% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 8,784 | 16.42% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 7,472 | 36.86% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 7,039 | 45.28% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 6,943 | 47.29% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 6,277 | 62.91% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 6,041 | 69.28% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 5,351 | 91.10% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 3,538 | 189.03% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 2,990 | 242.01% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 2,507 | 307.90% |
| 3DMark03 – 1600×1200 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 14,090 | 70.03% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 11,680 | 40.94% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 10,751 | 29.73% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 10,445 | 26.04% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 10,127 | 22.20% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 9,822 | 18.52% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 8,743 | 5.50% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 8,411 | 1.50% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 8,287 | |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 7,701 | 7.61% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 7,347 | 12.79% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 7,144 | 16.00% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 7,035 | 17.80% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 5,940 | 39.51% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 5,295 | 56.51% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 5,220 | 58.75% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 4,930 | 68.09% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 4,640 | 78.60% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 3,938 | 110.44% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 2,678 | 209.45% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 2,131 | 288.88% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,797 | 361.16% |
| 3DMark03 – 1024×768 AAx4, Anisox4 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 12,560 | 58.29% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 11,576 | 45.89% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 10,989 | 38.49% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 10,275 | 29.49% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 9,929 | 25.13% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 9,325 | 17.52% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 8,999 | 13.41% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 8,108 | 2.18% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 7,935 | |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 7,330 | 8.25% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 7,097 | 11.81% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 6,919 | 14.68% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 6,841 | 15.99% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 5,437 | 45.94% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 4,978 | 59.40% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 4,693 | 69.08% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 4,405 | 80.14% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 4,177 | 89.97% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 3,411 | 132.63% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 2,378 | 233.68% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 1,966 | 303.61% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,674 | 374.01% |
| 3DMark03 – 1280×1024 AAx4, Anisox4 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 9,997 | 70.74% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 9,467 | 61.69% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 9,050 | 54.57% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 7,980 | 36.29% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 7,733 | 32.08% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 7,249 | 23.81% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 6,841 | 16.84% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 6,278 | 7.22% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 5,855 | |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 5,324 | 9.97% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 5,172 | 13.21% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 5,133 | 14.07% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 5,025 | 16.52% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 3,962 | 47.78% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 3,747 | 56.26% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 3,475 | 68.49% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 3,116 | 87.90% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 2,547 | 129.88% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 2,454 | 138.59% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 1,497 | 291.12% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 1,351 | 333.38% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,212 | 383.09% |
| 3DMark03 – 1600×1200 AAx4, Anisox4 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 8,168 | 79.32% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 7,852 | 72.38% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 7,364 | 61.67% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 6,317 | 38.68% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 6,148 | 34.97% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 5,873 | 28.94% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 5,807 | 27.49% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 5,024 | 10.30% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 4,555 | |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 4,530 | 0.55% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 4,018 | 13.36% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 3,975 | 14.59% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 3,861 | 17.97% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 3,091 | 47.36% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 2,656 | 71.50% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 2,563 | 77.72% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 2,377 | 91.63% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,805 | 152.35% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 1,717 | 165.29% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 1,027 | 343.52% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 732 | 522.27% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 684 | 565.94% |
[nextpage title=”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 benchmark, allowing direct comparison between them.
The results you check below. Keep in mind that models marked as “OC” are factory-overclocked. GeForce 7600 GT OC from XFX was running at 590 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.6 GHz (800 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7600 GT is 560 MHz/1.4 GHz (700 MHz DDR). GeForce 7600 GS OC from Inno3D was running at 500 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.4 GHz (700 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7600 GS is 400 MHz/800 MHz (400 MHz DDR).
| 3DMark05 – 1024×768 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 7,370 | 24.09% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 7,222 | 21.60% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 6,982 | 17.56% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 6,863 | 15.56% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 6,789 | 14.31% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 6,471 | 8.96% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 6,343 | 6.80% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 5,939 | |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 5,732 | 3.61% |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 5,594 | 6.17% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 5,353 | 10.95% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 4,991 | 18.99% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 4,941 | 20.20% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 4,537 | 30.90% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 4,301 | 38.08% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 3,993 | 48.74% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 3,675 | 61.61% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 2,886 | 105.79% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 2,872 | 106.79% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 1,701 | 249.15% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 1,433 | 314.45% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,365 | 335.09% |
| 3DMark05 – 1280×1024 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 6,962 | 36.22% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 6,699 | 31.07% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 6,534 | 27.84% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 6,208 | 21.46% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 6,067 | 18.70% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 5,554 | 8.67% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 5,504 | 7.69% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 5,111 | |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 4,780 | 6.92% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 4,740 | 7.83% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 4,564 | 11.99% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 4,130 | 23.75% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 4,085 | 25.12% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 3,745 | 36.48% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 3,479 | 46.91% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 3,192 | 60.12% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 3,093 | 65.24% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 2,253 | 126.85% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 1,957 | 161.17% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 1,259 | 305.96% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,040 | 391.44% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 992 | 415.22% |
| 3DMark05 – 1600×1200 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 6,559 | 49.89% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 6,513 | 48.83% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 5,862 | 33.96% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 5,524 | 26.23% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 5,371 | 22.74% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 4,786 | 9.37% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 4,785 | 9.35% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 4,376 | |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 4,096 | 6.84% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 3,931 | 11.32% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 3,857 | 13.46% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 3,455 | 26.66% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 3,376 | 29.62% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 3,091 | 41.57% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 2,856 | 53.22% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 2,608 | 67.79% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 2,430 | 80.08% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,789 | 144.61% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 1,264 | 246.20% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 944 | 363.56% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 814 | 437.59% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 708 | 518.08% |
| 3DMark05 – 1024×768 AAx4, Anisox4 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 6,893 | 38.19% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 6,788 | 36.09% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 6,717 | 34.66% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 6,123 | 22.75% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 6,052 | 21.33% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 5,874 | 17.76% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 5,559 | 11.45% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 4,988 | |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 4,971 | 0.34% |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 4,634 | 7.64% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 4,464 | 11.74% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 4,108 | 21.42% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 4,072 | 22.50% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 3,700 | 34.81% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 3,655 | 36.47% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 3,523 | 41.58% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 2,881 | 73.13% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 2,232 | 123.48% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 1,287 | 287.57% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,038 | 380.54% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 935 | 433.48% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 903 | 452.38% |
| 3DMark05 – 1280×1024 AAx4, Anisox4 | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 6,571 | 62.05% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 6,325 | 55.98% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 6,040 | 48.95% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 5,277 | 30.14% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 5,186 | 27.89% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 4,915 | 21.21% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 4,664 | 15.02% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 4,055 | |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 4,028 | 0.67% |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 3,738 | 8.48% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 3,572 | 13.52% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 3,295 | 23.07% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 3,286 | 23.40% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 2,969 | 36.58% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 2,891 | 40.26% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 2,510 | 61.55% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 2,232 | 81.68% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,722 | 135.48% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 803 | 404.98% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 581 | 597.93% |
| 3DMark05 – 1600×1200 AAx4, Anisox4 | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 6,253 | 125.82% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 5,668 | 104.69% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 5,288 | 90.97% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 4,205 | 51.86% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 4,168 | 50.52% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 3,776 | 36.37% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 3,746 | 35.28% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 3,325 | 20.08% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 2,769 | |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 2,644 | 4.73% |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 2,553 | 8.46% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 2,458 | 12.65% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 2,365 | 17.08% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 2,235 | 23.89% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 2,233 | 24.00% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 1,948 | 42.15% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 1,552 | 78.41% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,374 | 101.53% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 589 | 370.12% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 341 | 712.02% |
[nextpage title=”Doom 3″]Doom 3 is one of the heaviest games available today. As we’ve done on other programs, we ran this game at three resolutions: 1024x768x32, 1280x1024x32 and 1600x1200x32. This game allows several image quality levels and we’ve done our benchmarking on two levels, low and high. We ran demo1 four times and wrote the obtained number of frames per second. The first result we discarded at once, since it is far inferior than the other results. This happens because at the first time we run the demo the game must load all textures to video memory, fact that doesn’t happen from the second time we run the demo on. From the three results left, we consider as our official result the middle result, i.e., we discard the highest and the lowest values. Curiously almost all times the values obtained at the second round on were the same.
A very important detail that we must mention is that Doom 3 has an internal FPS lock: it is only capable of generating 60 frames per second, even if your board is able to produce more frames per second than that. This is done in order to make the game to have the same “playability” sensation independently from the video card installed on the PC. This lock, however, is disabled in the game benchmarking mode.
For further details on how to measure 3D performance with Doom 3, read our tutorial on this subject.
The results you check below. Keep in mind that models marked as “OC” are factory-overclocked. GeForce 7600 GT OC from XFX was running at 590 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.6 GHz (800 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7600 GT is 560 MHz/1.4 GHz (700 MHz DDR). GeForce 7600 GS OC from Inno3D was running at 500 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.4 GHz (700 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7600 GS is 400 MHz/800 MHz (400 MHz DDR).
| Doom 3 – 1024×768 – Low | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 96.7 | 3.20% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 95.9 | 2.35% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 95.1 | 1.49% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 94.7 | 1.07% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 94.5 | 0.85% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 94.1 | 0.43% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 94.1 | 0.43% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 93.7 | |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 93.4 | 0.3% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 91.9 | 2.0% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 91.4 | 2.5% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 84.5 | 10.9% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 82.7 | 13.3% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 79.5 | 17.9% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 77.1 | 21.5% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 75.9 | 23.5% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 69.7 | 34.4% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 66.6 | 40.7% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 55.6 | 68.5% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 54.1 | 73.2% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 30.9 | 203.2% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 25.2 | 271.8% |
| Doom 3 – 1280×1024 – Low | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 94.9 | 10.61% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 93.9 | 9.44% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 91.6 | 6.76% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 91.4 | 6.53% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 90.4 | 5.36% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 87.5 | 1.98% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 85.8 | |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 82.2 | 4.38% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 80.8 | 6.19% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 80.2 | 6.98% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 77.5 | 10.71% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 76.6 | 12.01% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 75.8 | 13.19% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 61.5 | 39.51% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 59.9 | 43.24% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 55.1 | 55.72% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 46.8 | 83.33% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 44.7 | 91.95% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 37.3 | 130.03% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 36.6 | 134.43% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 19.6 | 337.76% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 16.0 | 436.25% |
| Doom 3 – 1600×1200 – Low | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 92.0 | 25.85% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 86.6 | 18.47% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 83.4 | 14.09% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 80.8 | 10.53% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 77.5 | 6.02% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 76.2 | 4.24% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 73.1 | |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 69.1 | 5.79% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 66.2 | 10.42% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 64.4 | 13.51% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 63.4 | 15.30% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 63.1 | 15.85% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 62.4 | 17.15% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 46.2 | 58.23% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 45.9 | 59.26% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 38.9 | 87.92% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 31.7 | 130.60% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 31.5 | 132.06% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 26.5 | 175.85% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 25.5 | 186.67% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 13.1 | 458.02% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 10.6 | 589.62% |
| Doom 3 – 1024×768 – High | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 95.3 | 2.25% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 94.8 | 1.72% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 94.6 | 1.50% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 94.4 | 1.29% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 93.6 | 0.43% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 93.2 | |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 92.3 | 0.98% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 92.2 | 1.08% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 91.8 | 1.53% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 91.0 | 2.42% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 88.8 | 4.95% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 83.6 | 11.48% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 81.7 | 14.08% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 76.5 | 21.83% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 73.8 | 26.29% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 70.8 | 31.64% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 65.5 | 42.29% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 61.0 | 52.79% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 50.4 | 84.92% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 48.7 | 91.38% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 27.8 | 235.25% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 22.9 | 306.99% |
| Doom 3 – 1280×1024 – High | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 94.9 | 12.17% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 94.8 | 12.06% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 91.2 | 7.80% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 90.2 | 6.62% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 88.7 | 4.85% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 86.7 | 2.48% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 84.6 | |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 80.9 | 4.57% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 78.9 | 7.22% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 78.2 | 8.18% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 74.4 | 13.71% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 73.9 | 14.48% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 72.4 | 16.85% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 58.5 | 44.62% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 55.5 | 52.43% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 52.6 | 60.84% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 44.4 | 90.54% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 41.7 | 102.88% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 34.4 | 145.93% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 33.4 | 153.29% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 18.4 | 359.78% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 15.0 | 464.00% |
| Doom 3 – 1600×1200 – High | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 91.5 | 27.08% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 88.4 | 22.78% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 82.2 | 14.17% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 79.9 | 10.97% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 75.8 | 5.28% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 75.2 | 4.44% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 72.0 | |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 67.8 | 6.19% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 65.1 | 10.60% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 61.4 | 17.26% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 61.1 | 17.84% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 60.6 | 18.81% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 60.3 | 19.40% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 44.2 | 62.90% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 43.4 | 65.90% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 37.7 | 90.98% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 30.5 | 136.07% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 30.4 | 136.84% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 25.0 | 188.00% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 24.1 | 198.76% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 11.6 | 520.69% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 10.3 | 599.03% |
[nextpage title=”Far Cry”]
Far Cry is a game based on the new Shader 3.0 (DirectX 9.0c) programming model available on series 6 and 7 from NVIDIA and series X1000 from ATI graphics chips. We’ve updated the game to version 1.3.
As we’ve done on other programs, we ran this game at three resolutions, 1024x768x32, 1280x1024x32 and 1600x1200x32. This game allows several image quality levels and we’ve done our benchmarking on two levels, low and very high. To measure the performance we used the demo created by German magazine PC Games Hardware (PCGH), available at https://www.3dcenter.org/downloads/farcry-pcgh-vga.php. We run this demo four times and made an arithmetical average with the results. This average is the result presented in our graphs.
This game has a very important detail in its image quality configuration. Antialising, instead of being configured by numbers (1x, 2x, 4x or 6x) is configured as low, medium or high. The problem is that on NVIDIA chips both medium and high mean 4x, while on ATI chips medium means 2x and high means 6x, making the comparison between ATI and NVIDIA chips completely unfair. Because of that we configured antialising at 4x and anisotropic filtering at 8x manually at the video driver control panel.
For further details on how to measure 3D performance with Far Cry, read our tutorial on this subject.
The results you check below. Keep in mind that models marked as “OC” are factory-overclocked. GeForce 7600 GT OC from XFX was running at 590 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.6 GHz (800 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7600 GT is 560 MHz/1.4 GHz (700 MHz DDR). GeForce 7600 GS OC from Inno3D was running at 500 MHz with its memory being accessed at 1.4 GHz (700 MHz DDR) while the standard clock configuration for a GeForce 7600 GS is 400 MHz/800 MHz (400 MHz DDR).
| Far Cry – 1024×768 – Low | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 145.56 | 7.81% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 145.51 | 7.77% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 145.42 | 7.70% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 145.16 | 7.51% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 144.93 | 7.34% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 144.54 | 7.05% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 144.44 | 6.98% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 144.02 | 6.67% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 136.68 | 1.23% |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 136.43 | 1.04% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 135.74 | 0.53% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 135.67 | 0.48% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 135.57 | 0.41% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 135.44 | 0.31% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 135.02 | |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 134.94 | 0.06% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 134.93 | 0.07% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 132.76 | 1.70% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 130.43 | 3.52% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 123.60 | 9.24% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 120.56 | 11.99% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 112.52 | 20.00% |
| Far Cry – 1280×1024 – Low | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 143.19 | 8.40% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 142.98 | 8.24% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 142.41 | 7.80% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 141.73 | 7.29% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 140.71 | 6.52% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 140.49 | 6.35% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 138.43 | 4.79% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 133.27 | 0.89% |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 133.24 | 0.86% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 133.09 | 0.75% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 132.52 | 0.32% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 132.47 | 0.28% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 132.32 | 0.17% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 132.10 | |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 131.86 | 0.18% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 131.78 | 0.24% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 131.03 | 0.82% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 127.71 | 3.44% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 127.24 | 3.82% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 89.16 | 48.16% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 87.83 | 50.40% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 72.96 | 81.06% |
| Far Cry – 1600×1200 – Low | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 143.59 | 8.56% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 142.30 | 7.58% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 141.82 | 7.22% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 139.29 | 5.31% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 134.03 | 1.33% |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 133.96 | 1.28% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 133.93 | 1.26% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 133.59 | 1.00% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 133.18 | 0.69% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 132.92 | 0.49% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 132.30 | 0.02% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 132.27 | |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 130.85 | 1.09% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 128.32 | 3.08% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 127.64 | 3.63% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 121.01 | 9.31% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 109.30 | 21.02% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 108.98 | 21.37% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 105.22 | 25.71% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 63.37 | 108.73% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 59.82 | 121.11% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 48.85 | 170.77% |
| Far Cry – 1024×768 – Very High | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 76.61 | 3.64% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 76.55 | 3.56% |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 76.18 | 3.06% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 75.82 | 2.57% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 75.38 | 1.98% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 75.35 | 1.93% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 74.65 | 0.99% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 73.92 | |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 72.70 | 1.68% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 71.46 | 3.44% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 70.72 | 4.52% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 69.40 | 6.51% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 67.93 | 8.82% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 63.05 | 17.24% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 54.82 | 34.84% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 48.28 | 53.11% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 47.91 | 54.29% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 40.72 | 81.53% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 38.28 | 93.10% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 23.67 | 212.29% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 20.41 | 262.18% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 18.74 | 294.45% |
| Far Cry – 1280×1024 – Very High | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 75.28 | 27.79% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 73.31 | 24.44% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 71.77 | 21.83% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 71.13 | 20.74% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 70.00 | 18.83% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 68.59 | 16.43% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 67.93 | 15.31% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 67.09 | 13.89% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 58.91 | |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 53.88 | 9.34% |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 53.81 | 9.48% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 52.29 | 12.66% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 51.53 | 14.32% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 45.80 | 28.62% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 38.43 | 53.29% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 35.59 | 65.52% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 31.41 | 87.55% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 28.20 | 108.90% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 25.82 | 128.16% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 15.07 | 290.91% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 14.15 | 316.33% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 13.62 | 332.53% |
| Far Cry – 1600×1200 – Very High | Score | Difference |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 71.88 | 64.07% |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 71.57 | 63.36% |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 68.62 | 56.63% |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 59.50 | 35.81% |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 59.36 | 35.49% |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 58.10 | 32.62% |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 54.23 | 23.78% |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 52.35 | 19.49% |
| GeForce 7600 GT OC (XFX) | 43.81 | |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 39.93 | 9.72% |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 39.62 | 10.58% |
| GeForce 7600 GS OC (Inno3D) | 38.52 | 13.73% |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 34.29 | 27.76% |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 34.06 | 28.63% |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 27.74 | 57.93% |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 24.51 | 78.74% |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 22.78 | 92.32% |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 20.01 | 118.94% |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 19.53 | 124.32% |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 11.28 | 288.39% |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 8.04 | 444.90% |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 7.01 | 524.96% |
[nextpage title=”Conclusions”]
GeForce 7600 GT is definitely the best mid-range VGA card available today, beating high-end cards from NVIDIA previous family, like GeForce 6800 GT and GeForce 6800 GS. Also, GeForce 7600 GT simply smoked Radeon X1600 XT, making us wonder why someone in his/her right mind would buy a Radeon X1600 XT. And in several scenarios GeForce 7600 GT achieved more than double the performance of GeForce 6600 GT – a video card we think that has the best cost/benefit ratio for the average user looking for good performance paying spending up to USD 130.
While this video card can be found at USD 211.50, on average, you will find it being sold by USD 190 on TigerDirect.com. The standard GeForce 7600 GT also from XFX is quoted at USD 180 there, so the price difference between this card and a standard GeForce 7600 GT is of only 10 bucks.
So, it is worthwhile paying USD 10 more and order an overclocked model? We think so if you are willing to increase image quality settings in your games, as this overclocked model was faster than standard GeForce 7600 GT particularly when we increased the image quality settings. The performance difference between them was up to 10%, depending on the program and on the configuration we used. Since the price difference is only of 5.55%, go for it.
Do you like to play games in high resolutions? Do you like to increase video quality settings a little bit in your games? Do you have up to USD 200 to spend on a video card? This is the video card for you. If you don’t enable video quality settings it will provide you a very high performance even in high resolutions. If you enable video quality settings in high resolutions, it will still provide you a decent performance – it will provide a fantastic performance at 1024×768, for instance. Of course if you want to play at 1600×1200 or above with all image quality settings enabled with a very high performance, you will need to by a high-end – and more expensive – video card.