MSI GeForce 7900 GT 256MB Video Card

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006 | News, Video Card Reviews

There has been quite a shortage of 7900GT cards since they were released a little while ago. Hitting the right spot between ultimate performance and ultimate pricing, the GT has proven be a favorite amongst enthusiasts and others.

In a review at hardwarezone.com the card comes out well against its competition. It is an Nvidia reference card, which means that it is really a standard Nvidia 7900GT card with MSI’s decals on the front.

The cards main claim to fame it simply that it is good value for money, perhaps the best value for money from a high-end graphics card. It performs better than its 7800 predecessor and produces less heat due to 90nm technology and memory that is far from being pushed hard.

It was pitted against an MSI of the same range, two 7800GTX cards and an X1800 from ATI. They did not quite make it to the same level as the X1800 in 3DMark05 comparissons, but did manage to keep close when using it overclocking tool at 10% overclock.

It’s overclocking utility called D.O.T. lets you overclock the card in increments up to 10%, and you are covered under warranty even if you do use this overclocking feature, but not your own customised overclock.

An interesting point to note is that the biggest difference between cards came into play when playing games at high resolutions with all features turned on. In these tests the X1800 from ATI clearly pushed ahead of the pack, showing how much they have caught up to Nvidia.