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    How much faster is a 7900 GS than a 9800 Pro?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Ferny84, Jul 12, 2006.

  1. Ferny84

    Ferny84 Notebook Geek

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    Im thinking of getting the 9400 with the 7900 GS but I need to know if its going to be much more faster.
     
    Ferny84, Jul 12, 2006
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    It will smoke the 9800 Pro, for real.
     
    lunateck, Jul 12, 2006
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  3. lowlymarine

    lowlymarine Notebook Deity

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    The 7900GS is somewhere in the neighborhood of 4 times as fast as the 9800Pro - plus has support for Shader Model 3.0 and PureVideo, meaning better quality to boot.
     
    lowlymarine, Jul 12, 2006
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  4. Garbuckle

    Garbuckle Notebook Consultant

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    I also had a 9800pro (AIW) and then got a Dell 9400 (one of the first ones back in January with a 7800go). Here's the approximate 3Dmark scores for comparison:

    9800 pro: 3DMark05 = 2500, 3DMark06 = 900
    7800 stock: 3DMark05 = 3800, 3DMark06 = 2400
    7800 OC'd: 3DMark05 = 5500, 3DMark06 = 3300
    7900 stock: 3DMark05 = 6500, 3DMark06 = 3500
    7900 OC'd: 3DMark05 = 8500, 3DMark06 = 4500

    So, going by that, an overclocked 7900 would be 4 times as fast as a 9800pro :)
     
    Garbuckle, Jul 12, 2006
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  5. Roaddy

    Roaddy Notebook Enthusiast

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    you're joking me
    2000 3d mark 05 increase with the OC on your 7900? I call [edited by moderator]
     
    Roaddy, Jul 13, 2006
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  6. Aivyn

    Aivyn Notebook Consultant

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    his scores arent inflated. Many NBR users have reported the same findings. It is very underclocked from Dell.
     
    Aivyn, Jul 13, 2006
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  7. Final_Spirit

    Final_Spirit Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah I too can vouch for the overclocking results. At stock on 3dmark05 I got around 6600, after overclock I'm at 8500. For 3dmark06 I went from 3800 to 5200
     
    Final_Spirit, Jul 13, 2006
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  8. Notebook Solutions

    Notebook Solutions Company Representative NBR Reviewer

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    Isnt that a bit overflaited (dont know that word, sorry) Final Spirit? The 512 MB 7900GTX had a score of 4800 in 3dmark06. You tell me yours is faster with overclock then a 512 MB 7900GTX?

    Charlie :)
     
    Notebook Solutions, Jul 13, 2006
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  9. Final_Spirit

    Final_Spirit Notebook Consultant

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    If you'd look at my clockspeeds vs. the stock clockspeeds you'd see where the increase is coming from. The default voltage and clocks are 1.00v (possible 1.1v, someone verify this?), 375/1000. The voltage now is 1.24 running at 575/1150, which is a major increase.

    Also, I do not have the WUXGA screen, so my scores will be higher than any computers with the higher resolution (1920x1200 vs 1440x900). And 4800 for a gtx is pretty low. I've seen OC results get above 5.5k

    5200 for a highly OC'd gs is normal, and far below other people's results. check out this post at notebookforums.com for benchmark results for overclocked cards, then call bs on our results.
     

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  10. captainhappypants

    captainhappypants Notebook Enthusiast

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    lol at overflaited. you spliced 'over rated' and 'inflated' using both would be redundant... 0mg lolz!!!1
     
    captainhappypants, Jul 13, 2006
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  11. Garbuckle

    Garbuckle Notebook Consultant

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    hehe. Controversy. Cool. For arguments sake, the only numbers that are "mine" are the 7800. I never had a chance to run 3DMark on my 9800 pro. The other scores I took from Tom's Hardware VGA charts and from the list(s) posted at Notebook Forums.

    It was only intended to give a comparison, or average; everyone's scores will be different (maybe slightly, maybe more).

    I thought myself that the 7900 would only be a *small* upgrade from the 7800, but I'm impressed by the results people are getting :)
     
    Garbuckle, Jul 13, 2006
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