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Based on current gaming requirements the GeForce 7900 GS is considered one of the weakest cards and wont meet modern AAA game specs. Capable of running games with up to a DirectX 9 requirement.

How many years will the GeForce 7900 GS graphics card play newly released games and how long until you should consider upgrading the GeForce 7900 GS in your PC? Its upgrade time for the GeForce 7900 GS, assuming you are a modern day gamer.

Whats a good PC graphics upgrade for the GeForce 7900 GS? A good upgrade choice for this graphics card today would be the 16 Series GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB. For comparison of the 1000 most demanding games around today this suggested upgrade is 2219% better and can meet 759 of their recommended requirements. An alternative great upgrade graphics card would be a R-500 Series Radeon RX 580 8GB, which has 1791% better performance and can run 652 of the top 1000 demanding game requirements today.

FPS System Benchmark

0 FPS

High

Game

Red Dead Redemption 2

The GeForce 7900 GS is released on 01 Sep 2006

GeForce 7900 GS Game FPS Benchmarks On Ultra

Nvidia PC game performance check GeForce 7900 GS

GPU

Architecture

G71

Process

TMUs

Texture Rate

ROPs

Pixel Rate

Shader
Processing Units (Cuda Cores)

Ray Tracing Cores

Tensor Cores

Driver Support

Release Price

Compatibility

Direct X

DX 9.0c

Shader

3.0

Open GL

2.0

Resolution (WxH)

2560x1600

Notebook GPU

SLI/Crossfire

No the GeForce 7900 GS graphics card can NOT run in parallel to other GPUs using Nvidia SLI or AMD Crossfire technology

Dedicated

Integrated

Memory

256 MB

Memory Speed

660 MHz

Memory Bus

256 Bit

Memory Type

GDDR3

Memory Bandwidth

42.2GB/sec

L2 Cache

0KB

Display Connectors

VGA Connection

DVI Connection

HDMI Connection

DisplayPort Connection

Clock Speeds

Core Speed

450 MHz

Power

Max Power

49 Watts

PSU

350 Watt & 23 Amps

Power Connector

None

Recommended Hardware

Best CPU Match

Best RAM Match

Best Resolution

GPU Upgrade

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GD Value

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GeForce 7900 GS Game Requirement Analysis

The NVIDIA GeForce 7 Series graphics processing units (GPUs) represent a significant leap forward in 3D graphics design, delivering the unparalleled horsepower and revolutionary technologies you need to tackle the latest games and video applications. The GeForce 7 Series GPUs deliver blazing frame rates and outstanding image quality so you can experience full-throttle graphics performance.

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CPU

Core i7-4790 4-Core 3.6GHz

Graphics Card

Radeon RX 480X 4GB

2038%

RAM

12GB

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GeForce 7900 GS Extras

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