bit-tech.net | XFX GeForce 7950 GT 570M Extreme
GeForce 7950 GT is the second addition to NVIDIA’s GeForce 7950-series – the other being the flagship GeForce 7950 GX2. However, unlike the GeForce 7950 GX2, the GeForce 7950 GT is based on a single G71 chip and bears more resemblances with a GeForce 7900-series card than it does with the GeForce 7950 GX2. This could be a little confusing for the consumer, but we feel that NVIDIA is looking to phase GeForce 7900 GTX and GeForce 7900 GT out of the market, whether there is demand for those products or not.
Basically, GeForce 7950 GT is launching at the same price point that GeForce 7900 GT launched at in March. It comes with a load more performance and an additional 256MB of memory that is starting to become a requirement at higher resolutions. It’s based on the same G71 chip and comes with all pipelines intact, meaning that there are 24 pixel pipelines, 8 vertex shaders and 16 pixel output engines.
The reference design is clocked at 550/1400MHz – that’s a 100MHz increase in core speed over GeForce 7900 GT and an 80MHz increase in memory clock. In comparison, it’s 100MHz slower than GeForce 7900 GTX’s core and 200MHz slower when it comes to memory clock speed. The reduced clock speeds means that NVIDIA can use a smaller cooling solution. As a result, the reference card uses the same cooler as the one we’ve seen on NVIDIA’s GeForce 7900 GT. [More here|pics]