NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
VS
ATI Radeon HD 4890
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
VS
ATI Radeon HD 4890

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT and ATI Radeon HD 4890. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

990
Place in performance rating
536
Curie
Architecture
TeraScale
G71
Code name
RV790
Desktop
Type
Desktop
9 March 2006 (15 years ago)
Release date
2 April 2009 (12 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$249
$205
Price now
$120 (0.5x MSRP)
0.01
Value for money
1.63
G71
GPU code name
RV790
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT and ATI Radeon HD 4890 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
800
450 MHz
Core clock speed
850 MHz
278 million
Transistor count
959 million
90 nm
Manufacturing process technology
55 nm
48 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
190 Watt
10.80
Texture fill rate
34.00
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Floating-point performance
1,360.0 gflops
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
800
278 million
Number of transistors
959 million
48 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
190 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT and ATI Radeon HD 4890.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Length
241 mm
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 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 NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT and ATI Radeon HD 4890 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
256 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1320 MHz
Memory clock speed
3900 MHz
42.24 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
124.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT and ATI Radeon HD 4890, 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 NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT and ATI Radeon HD 4890. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

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

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT and ATI Radeon HD 4890 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 NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4890 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4890
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4890
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4890
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4890
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT
ATI Radeon HD 4890
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 NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT

Less power consumption (48 Watt vs 190 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (256 MB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 4890

5.83% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($120 (0.5x MSRP) vs $205)

Finer manufacturing process technology (55 nm vs 90 nm)

More memory bandwidth (124.8 GB/s vs 42.24 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4890?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend ATI Radeon HD 4890 .

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT versus ATI Radeon HD 4890 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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