BFG GeForce 7900 GTX OC 512MB PCI-E

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Kurtis Kronk
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Jun. 6, 2006

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Introduction

A couple of months ago, NVIDIA launched three new video cards: the 7900 GTX 512MB, 7900 GT 256MB, and the 7600 GT 256MB. The GTX, of course, is the highest-end card, with a street price of $500. The 7900 GT is what you could call an "affordable" high-end card, priced at about $350. The 7600 GT is their new mid-range card, and you can buy it for around $200.

As you may recall, we took a look at XFX's 7900 GT XXX Edition video card last month, and I highly recommended it - you simply can't beat it for the money. The XXX Edition in the name means that it is the most overclocked version of the card. And then a little over a week ago we checked out XFX's 7600 GT XXX Edition - which ended up performing just about the same as the competing X1800 GTO, with the recommendation basically being to get the 7600 GT based on pricing and the value added with a great bundled game. Today we're finally going to be looking at NVIDIA's 7900 GTX, but this time it isn't from XFX - it's from BFG Technologies.

I can't imagine there are many real enthusiasts out there who haven't yet heard of BFG (which stands for Big F***in' Gun if you didn't already know that)! they're pretty popular amongst gamers and they've got a loyal customer base thanks to their reputation for excellent customer support and for their lifetime warranty.

The specific card we're looking at today is BFG's 7900 GTX OC 512MB - the OC stands for overclocked. Unlike XFX, BFG only has one model for each of it's cards, and they're all the OC versions. Their approach is basically to offer the best (stable) performance they possibly can - period. I like that. No hunting for the right "version' of the 7900 GTX from BFG. While BFG's 7900 GTX OC uses the standard NVIDIA reference cooler, BFG has increased the clock speeds from 650MHz / 800 MHz (1.6GHz DDR) to 670MHz / 820MHz (1.64GHz DDR). Not exactly a huge leap, but it's something. I'll talk a little bit more in-depth about the overclocking of this card later, and I'll also attempt to overclock it further myself.

In this review we'll be comparing the BFG 7900 GTX OC 512MB to 11 other cards in 7 games, plus 3DMark'06 but that doesn't count. I could yap all day, but let's move on to the body of the review. C'mon, hurry up, would ya?

We'd like to thank Directron.com for donating the ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 Motherboard which we used for testing.

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Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: The Card & Bundle
Page 3: Test Setup
Page 4: Benchmarks: Half-Life 2
Page 5: Benchmarks: Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Page 6: Benchmarks: Quake 4
Page 7: Benchmarks: X3 Reunion Demo
Page 8: Benchmarks: Chronicles of Riddick
Page 9: Benchmarks: F.E.A.R.
Page 10: Benchmarks: Need for Speed Most Wanted
Page 11: Benchmarks: 3DMark '06
Page 12: Overclocking & Stability
Page 13: Performance Summary
Page 14: Conclusion

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