evga geforce 7300 gt review vs asus en7600gs 512 mb vs point of view 7600gs vs x1600xt performance , overclocking and benchmark

Since the beginning of the year, ATI supplements its top ranges with successive launchings of Radeon X1900 XTX, XT, GT and Radeon X1800 GTO, whereas its rival NVIDIA is overall boosting his medium .low and high end cards! Thus after the introduction of the new family GeForce 7,last March, we attended the arrival of GeForce 7600, then the GeForce 7950 GX2, but also the new alternatives in particular the low-end entry with GeForce 7300 GT and GeForce 7600 GS.

NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT:

Since we talked about the specification of the architecture GeForce 7 during previous articles, we will not reconsider here the functionalities suggested by the last graphics chips of NVIDIA. Most important to retain is that those card are compatible DirectX 9.0c and support Shader Model 3.0. Concerning the GeForce 7300 GT it is not based on the G72 chip, but on G73 . The nuance is relatively important, because G72 which traditionally equips GeForce 7300 GS is provided only with four pixels pipelines whereas the version GT have a greater number . it is quite normal that manuficulter did not equip their GeForce 7300 GT with the same number of pipes as GeForce 7600 GT, to not kill one of the two products. The GeForce 7300 GS counts four pixels pipelines and the GeForce 7600 GT have twelve of them, the GeForce 7300 GT counts have eight.

GeForce 7300 was made in 90 Nm, with a little more than 177 million transistors and has the interface memory of 128 bits. u have the choise between the DDR2 , less expensive, or DDR3 for a little more . Side frequencies, NVIDIA recommends 350 MHz for the GPU and 333 MHz for .the memory band-width is such case should be little more than 10 GIG/s . the card also Support SLI.

NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS:

With GeForce 7600 GS, NVIDIA propose primarily a version as a reduced GeForce 7600 GT. based on the G73 chip, GeForce 7600 GS has the same number of pixels pipelines as its big brother, the card is also made in 90 Nm. Let us note that these characteristics are higher than those of GeForce 6600 GT, old reference of the medium range which was satisfied with eight pixels pipelines. we finds in the GeForce 7600 GS five vertex units and twelve texture units . The chip has compatible interface memory 128 bits DDR2 and DDR3 in addition to being SLI compatible . Is you will ask me what is the difference with GeForce 7600 GT? The answer is simple and this is due to the frequencies , the chip work at 400 MHz against 560 MHz for the gt! the same for the memory 400 MHz, against 700 MHz .

The difference is notable, especialy for the memory band-width with is limited here, and to these low memory frequencies are the result of memory DDR2 use rather than DDR3 memory. the quantity of memory can difere from one manufacturer to other, from (256 MB) to (512 MB). In all cases the memory bus remains on 128 bits interface.

	GeForce 7300 GS	GeForce 7300 WP	GeForce 6600 WP	GeForce 7600 GS	GeForce 7600 WP
Interface	Native NCV-express 16x	Native NCV-express 16x	Native NCV-express 16x	Native NCV-express 16x	Native NCV-express 16x
tec process	0,09 µ	0,09 µ	0,11 µ	0,09 µ	0,09 µ
Transistors	~112 Million	~177 Million	~146 Million	~177 Million	~177 Million
Ramdac	2 X.400 MHz	2 X.400 MHz	2 X.400 MHz	2 X.400 MHz	2 X.400 MHz
T & L	DirectX 9.0c	DirectX 9.0c	DirectX 9.0c	DirectX 9.0c	DirectX 9.0c
Pixel Pipelines	4	8	8	12	12
Vertex Pipelines	3	4	3	5	5
installed memory	128 MB	256 MB	128/256 MB	256 MB	256 MB
memory Interface	128 bits	128 bits	128 bits	128 bits	128 bits
memory Band-width	14,4 G/S (with TC)	10,6 G/S	16 G/S	12,8 G/S	21 G/S
GPU Frequency	550 MHz	350 MHz	500 MHz	400 MHz	560 MHz
memory Frequency	400 MHz	333 MHz	500 MHz	400 MHz	700 MHz

eVGA GeForce 7300 GT review

Delivered in compacts box , the card is presented at the format PCI-Express 16x and have rather reduced dimensions. the card do not requires any external power supply. Equipped with 256 MB of video memory, the card use DDR2 chips from Hynix, chips are certified with 2,5 NS and work at 333 MHz. Considering the certification of 2,5 NS, the memory chips should easily reach the 400 MHz . The graphics chip operates according to NVIDIA reference with the frequency of 350 MHz. . Side cooling, the chip is surmounted by an aluminum cooler provided with a fan . we finds a connector VGA and a connector DVI with a video out.

eVGA GeForce 7300 GT

eVGA GeForce 7300 GT
GeForce 7300 GT EVGA

there is no software , no video game, in the card package.

Asus EN7600GS SIGNAL Silent 512mb review

Provided with completely passive cooling system , the manufacturer do not use any fan , the chart has as an original design . In SLI, if you choose two 7600 GS from Asus, it will be necessary to leave one empty slot.It should be noted that the principal heatsink does not make on the other hand contact with the memory chips , chips which surround the graphics processor .

Asus EN7600GS SIGNAL Silent 512 mb

the card come with 512 Mb memory Of course with such quantity of memory the frequency should be limited. The chips memory are signed Infineon and they are certified components DDR2 with 2,0 NS. Good news, as in the case with models 7600 gt, the chart does not require additional power , the PCI-Express bus is sufficient. With regard to the frequencies, the GPU work at 550 MHz and the memory with 475 MHz, this is more than the official NVIDIA referance. for the supported connection, the card has a connector SLI and we finds also the VGA DB15, a video out and a connector DVI.

Side bundle.we find an adapter DVI/VGA as well as a tv-out componenat. In addition to the fast installation book , the box contains a driver disc , a disc with various books as well as a “Gamepack No-claims bonus”.

point of View GeForce 7600 GS

Since Asus somehow preoverclock its GeForce 7600 GS, we need another GeForce 7600 GS as a reference. And rather than to change the frequencies of our Asus card, we preferred to benefit from GeForce 7600 GS from Point View. We have here a completely quiet graphics card,but with the difference to Asus the cooling system is more than modest. the same for this GeForce 7600 GS from Point View it has a connector SLI and does not require any additional power .

point of View GeForce 7600 GS

GeForce 7600 GS 256 MB

Point View conforms the NVIDIA reference with 400 MHz in the graphics chip and 400 MHz for the video memory. Accompanied with 256 Mb of memory, the card uses components DDR2 signed Hynix and certified to 2,5 NS. for bundle, the card is accompanied, with book, driver CD , an adapter DVI/VGA, a composite cable, an adapter YUV, as well as cable transforming the video out of S-Video type to the composite format. In addition to a three years guarantee the card is delivered with complete version: Prince Of Persia the Two Kingdoms and Heroes Of Might And Magic V.

To test the performances of the various card we used the configuration of following reference, whose detail appears below:

Motherboard Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe - BIOS 1014,
Processor AMD Athlon 64 3800+,
2x512 Mb Corsair TwinX PC3200LL,
Hard disk Western DIGITAL Raptor 36 Go Serial-ATA 150

test was done under Windows XP Professionnel Service Pack 2 and used WHQL ForceWare 91.31 . For this test we will compare GeForce 7300 gt and 7600 GS with GeForce 7300 GS, GeForce 7600 gt and also the good old GeForce 6600 gt. We will oppose these card to the Radeon X1600 XT from ATI, tested with CATALYST 6.6. With graphics chip of low entry range, resolution of test was limited: 800x600, 1024x768 then 1280x1024 by excluding the 1600x1200.

3DMark 06 7300gs/gt vs 7600gs/gt vs x1600xt

we start this test with the performance of our card under 3DMark 06. First report, GeForce 7600 GT is the leader , whereas GeForce 7600 GS from Asus finishes second. overclocked by the manufacturer it this last posts performances boost of 26% higher than GeForce 7600 GS from Point View. This relatively important boost,the Radeon X1600 XT performance is between the two card. according to 3DMark 06, the GeForce 7600 GS from Point View is 17% faster than the GeForce 6600 GT. GeForce 7300 GT for its part precedes logically the model 7300 GS, without matching the 6600 gt performance. GeForce 7300 gt vs the version gs are faster by 80% in 1280x1024!

Doom 3 - v1.3 7300gs/gt vs 7600gs/gt vs x1600xt

doom 3 performance

3DMark closed , a small meeting the shoter game under Doom 3. Here the GeForce 7600 gt preserves its place as the leader. Compared with the standard 7600 GS, the 7600 GT is faster by 57%. The model from Asus, which has the advantage higher clock frequency, makes it possible to catch back with only 23% performance lost. the native default frequency, of the GeForce 7600 GS, represented here by point view, makes about the same performance as the GeForce 6600 gt.the Radeon X1600 XT performance are poor on the level of the GeForce 7300 GT, this last being almost twice faster than the GeForce 7300 GS.

Half-Life 2 - Lost Coast performance

Half-Life 2 confirms without surprise the good performance of the GeForce 7600 GS which are classified second and third, after the GeForce 7600 GT. the model from Asus has a significant advantage in term of performances over the Point View card, and here thanks to its higher frequencies . note that the variation between the 7600 GS from Asus and the 7600 GT tends to be reduced switching the resolution to 1600x1200 will give the lead for asus 7600gs. Our Radeon X1600 XT finishes in fifth position, in front of GeForce 7300, . .the GeForce 7300 GT vs the gs model offer a some performances : in the preceding tests the GeForce 7300 GT from eVGA was practically twice faster than our GeForce 7300 GS from MSI, its advantage is lower here about 28% in Half-Life 2.

Far Cry v1.33 7300gs/gt vs 7600gs/gt vs x1600xt

Note we have not activated the HDR effects in this test. The first place returns to the GeForce 7600 GT, this one was followed by the GeForce 7600 GS from Asus. again here Asus preserves a considerable advantage over the Point View 7600gs version, whereas the Radeon X1600 XT re-appears in the classification and rise in to the third place! GeForce 6600 GT and GeForce 7600 GS (POV) have pretty the same performance here. Lastly, the GeForce 7300 GT confirms its superiority vs the GeForce 7300 GS, and thanks to it s higher frequency witch give a nice performances boost about 73%.

Quake 4 - v1.2 7300gs/gt vs 7600gs/gt vs x1600xt

Quake 4 shows to us that the GeForce 7600 GS from Asus makes equal game play with model 7600 GT in 1280x1024 resolution.the GeForce 7600 standard GS, represented here by Point Of View, shows a little fast capability than the good old GeForce 6600 GT, whereas the Radeon X1600 XT get only the fourth place. Again the GeForce 7300 GT confirms here its good performance with frame rate higher by 31% that the GeForce 7300 GS.

F.E.A.R. v1.05 7300gs/gt vs 7600gs/gt vs x1600xt

Note : the soft shades was deactivated here
as alwais the GeForce 7600 GT is the leader. GeForce 7600 GS from Asus proves to be 33% faster than the Point Of View similar card, the latter make slightly better than the GeForce 6600 GT. The Radeon X1600 XT is not able to fight here vs the GeForce 7600, whereas it take the lead over the GeForce 7300. the Radeon X1600 is 28% faster than the GeForce 7300 GT. and again the GT version from eVGA is twice faster than the GeForce 7300 GS.

Splinter Concealment Chaos Theory v1.05

the same as report F.E.A.R. with GeForce 7600 gt dominate all those test,the Radeon X1600 XT has serious difficulty and the GeForce 7600 GS is extremely well placed. The 7600 GS from Point Of View makes about the same as the GeForce 6600gT whereas the model from Asus, preoverclocked by the manufacturer, does better! As for GeForce 7300 GT it is quite simply twice faster than GeForce 7300 GS.

Overclocking

During our tests we could overclock our 7300 GT from eVGA with 450 MHz for the graphics processor,, and 400 MHz in the memory from the 333 MHz by as default. Result of this overclocking, was performances rise by almost 25% in Doom 3. At Asus, the EN7600GS Silent shown less overclockability, fault probably of the passive cooling system and ambient temp. with point of View, the 7600 GS reached the 450 MHz as core frequency and 425 MHz in the memory…

Conclusion

the GeForce 7300 WP has solids performance! and it is Proposed with little less than 100 euro, the card is the first graphics chip entered of this range and have eight pixels pipelines. in term of performances at least wecan say that it is about half faster than the version 7300 GS and in many case twice faster! there is a difference in price between the card GeForce 7300 GS and 7300 gt, but the 7300 gt cost this defrence.

Another new arrival in the GeForce family, GeForce 7600 GS! it is difficult to say the right position of this model but it fall between the GeForce 7300 gt and theGeForce 7600 gt, . represented here by Point Of View, the card equalizes or even slightly higher than the GeForce 6600 gt in performances terms. if the GeForce 7600 GS loses in frequency, it gains with a number of units and more important the pixel shader unsit in comparison to the 6600 gt. Besides the model from Asus which was preoverclocked allows the GeForce 7600 GS to exceed the GeForce 6600 gt . Last advantage of the GeForce 7600 GS: the two card tested here was entirely quiet thanks to their passive cooling! the default GeForce 7600 GS have 256 Mb of video memory and it pris proposed in the 130 euro range , and this isa little less than this GeForce 6600 gt M256 Mb for even identical performances. BR>In short, the new variations of NVIDIA come to supplement the range, with the risk it is true to complex it, but the consumer is once not for not frankly loser. However, one can only regret the great vacuum which reigns at ATI! Radeon X1300 Pro had already sorrow to face GeForce 7300 GS, but it is henceforth completely eclipsed by GeForce 7300 WP whereas vis-a-vis GeForce 7600 GS, Radeon X1600 XT return the weapons the more so as it is negotiated much expensive, around the 140 euros in general. Highly thus that the new RV560 and RV570 arrive!