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XFX GeForce 7900GS Extreme – An Overclocking Prince!

Author: Shane Baxtor SUMMARY: Today we take a look at the new XFX GeForce 7900GS Extreme. Is it extreme enough for you to spend your dollars on it?
Editor: Cameron Wilmot
Category: Visual
Published: 8th September 2006
Manufacturer: XFX
Our Rating: 9.0 out of 10

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Introduction

We heard about nVidia’s GeForce 7900GS a while ago and it was clear that nVidia needed to bring out some new products with ATI releasing a whole new line up. While ATI released low, mid and high-end cards, nVidia are releasing two in the higher end of the scale but not a replacement to the very fast GeForce 7950GX2.

The 7900GS which we have with us today sits at the top of the mid-range or the bottom of the high-end range, which ever way you want to look at it. Designed to compete with the X1900GT in price and performance, it should be an interesting battle. While the 7900GT from nVidia is normally consistently ahead of the Radeon X1900GT, it is also more expensive so both cards offer excellent value but if you’re on a strict budget, you will most likely going to choose the cheaper X1900GT. The new 7900GS is placing nVidia in that low $220 USD ($300 AUD) bracket again.

The particular model of GeForce 7900GS we have today is the RoHS compliant XFX Extreme which as you would expect does not come with standard clock speeds, which is always exciting. We test at default speeds and then overclock as far as possible to see what nVidia’s new GPU is capable of achieving.



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