NVIDIA's Tiny 90nm G71 and G73: GeForce 7900 and 7600 Debut
by Derek Wilson on March 9, 2006 10:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Battlefield 2 High-End Performance
We have finally ironed out our issues with BF2 and SLI, so this time around we get to compare ATI and NVIDIA in multi GPU configurations. DICE has said in the past that results over 100 fps are not always reliable. It will suffice to say that CrossFire leads SLI at the low two resolutions. Putting a finer point on it goes against what we know of the benchmark's behavior. Interestingly, at higher resolutions (above 1600x1200), while the 7900 GTX and 7900 GT fall further behind ATI's single card solutions, SLI is able to take the lead from CrossFire. This would seem to indicate that SLI has a bit more of a CPU limitation at the low end than CrossFire, but that it is ultimately much more efficient in BF2.
We have finally ironed out our issues with BF2 and SLI, so this time around we get to compare ATI and NVIDIA in multi GPU configurations. DICE has said in the past that results over 100 fps are not always reliable. It will suffice to say that CrossFire leads SLI at the low two resolutions. Putting a finer point on it goes against what we know of the benchmark's behavior. Interestingly, at higher resolutions (above 1600x1200), while the 7900 GTX and 7900 GT fall further behind ATI's single card solutions, SLI is able to take the lead from CrossFire. This would seem to indicate that SLI has a bit more of a CPU limitation at the low end than CrossFire, but that it is ultimately much more efficient in BF2.
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5150Joker - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
This article didn't state which drivers were used either - you'd think after having the cards for a few weeks your editors wouldn't have such obvious oversights.Cygni - Friday, March 10, 2006 - link
Ya, cause you paid good money to read this review!
Griswold - Friday, March 10, 2006 - link
That one is getting pretty old, its not really an excuse for a site with such high standards.Besides that, the ads on this page cost my bandwith. ;)
DerekWilson - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
I've updated the article with drivers used. I appologize for the omission.I absolutely do not mean this as an excuse -- drivers should not have been omitted no matter what the case -- but we have had the cards for less than a week. Again, not an excuse, just correcting your assumption.
dab - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
So will EVGA send me a 7900gt in the step up program to replace my 6800GS?allometry - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
Is there any word as to when these cards will hit stores?DerekWilson - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
check now :-)allometry - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
Right on! I didn't see any posts for the card earlier, so I figure there might be a week delay.Too bad NewEgg already lost it's stock on the eVGA 7900GT's :(
inthell - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
so NEWEGG shows some of the XFX and EVGA cards with a 256bit mem interface?inthell - Thursday, March 9, 2006 - link
why would anyone buy the 128bit version and how come anand didnt test or say anything abou this :confused: