Features: Nvidia's GeForce Go 7900 GTX Graphics Processor : Is Dell's XPS M1710 The Fastest Graphics Notebook Ever? Part I

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Features: Nvidia's GeForce Go 7900 GTX Graphics Processor

By TG Publishing Team, published on April 18, 2006
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: dell, xps, m1710

Contents

1. Built For Gaming And Multimedia Speed
2. Features
3. Classifying The Dell XPS M1710
4. Features: Nvidia's GeForce Go 7900 GTX Graphics Processor
5. Using The Dell XPS M1710

4. Features: Nvidia's GeForce Go 7900 GTX Graphics Processor

The core of Dell's XPS M1710 is its graphics processor, the new Nvidia GeForce Go 7900 GTX. There are two versions of the mobile 7900 family, the GS and the GTX. The GTX is the more powerful. The table below is based on data provided by Nvidia. It shows the differences between the 7900 GTX and GS as well as differences between these and the previous 7800 series.

	GeForce Go 7900 GTX	GeForce Go 7900 GS	GeForce Go 7800 GTX	GeForce Go 7800
Memory Interface	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit
Memory Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	32.2 GB/s	35.2 GB/s	35.2 GB/s
Fill Rate (Billion pixels/sec.)	12	7.5	9.6	6.4
Vertices/Second (Millions)	1000	656	800	600
RAMDACs	400MHz	400MHz	400MHz	400MHz
Core Clock	500MHz	375MHz	400MHz	350MHz
Memory Clock	600MHz	500MHz	550MHz	550MHz
Pixel pipes	24	20	24	16
ALUs	48	40	48	32
Vertex processing engine	8	7	8	6
Bus Technology	PCI Express	PCI Express	PCI Express	PCI Express
Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0	Shader Model 3.0	Shader Model 3.0	Shader Model 3.0	Shader Model 3.0
Memory types	GDDR1 DDR2 GDDR3	GDDR1 DDR2 GDDR3	GDDR1 DDR2 GDDR3	GDDR1 DDR2 GDDR3
Memory amount - max	512 MB	256 MB	512 MB	256 MB
Process	0.09 micron	0.09 micron	0.11 micron	0.11 micron

Nvidia is promoting the 7900 GTX for both gaming and multimedia uses. In fact in briefings I attended the company seemed to be emphasizing the multimedia side over the gaming side. Perhaps this is based on the perception that gaming is moving away from PCs and Macs and to dedicated boxes. But it's my guess that there are still lots of gamers anxious to try out the mobile 7900 line with their favorite games.