ATI Radeon HD 4770
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
ATI Radeon HD 4770
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards ATI Radeon HD 4770 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

681
Place in performance rating
970
TeraScale
Architecture
Curie
RV740
Code name
G71
Desktop
Type
Desktop
28 April 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
1 May 2006 (15 years ago)
$109
Launch price (MSRP)
$259
$182 (1.7x MSRP)
Price now
$100 (0.4x MSRP)
0.35
Value for money
0.04
RV740
GPU code name
G71
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between ATI Radeon HD 4770 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

640
Pipelines
no data
750 MHz
Core clock speed
450 MHz
826 million
Transistor count
278 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
80 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
49 Watt
24.00
Texture fill rate
9.000
960.0 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
640
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
826 million
Number of transistors
278 million
80 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
49 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the ATI Radeon HD 4770 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
203 mm
Length
198 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics ATI Radeon HD 4770 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR3
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
3200 MHz
Memory clock speed
1320 MHz
51.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
42.24 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards ATI Radeon HD 4770 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API support

The difference in supported APIs is ATI Radeon HD 4770 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

10.1 (10_1)
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
3.3
OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for ATI Radeon HD 4770 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the ATI Radeon HD 4770 or NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) ATI Radeon HD 4770
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Death Stranding (2020) ATI Radeon HD 4770
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
F1 2020 (2020) ATI Radeon HD 4770
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Gears Tactics (2020) ATI Radeon HD 4770
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Doom Eternal (2020) ATI Radeon HD 4770
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 4770

3.35% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 90 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 256 MB)

More memory bandwidth (51.2 GB/s vs 42.24 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS

Cheaper ($100 (0.4x MSRP) vs $182 (1.7x MSRP))

Less power consumption (49 Watt vs 80 Watt)

So, ATI Radeon HD 4770 or NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend ATI Radeon HD 4770 .

ATI Radeon HD 4770 versus NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS performance benchmarks comparison

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