Gainward Bliss Golden Sample 7950GT 512mb

Benchmarks - 3DMark

Published: 15th November 2006 | Source: Gainward | Price: | Author: Matt Kemp

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Author: Matthew Kemp (kempez)
Product Acquired: Gainward

Benchmarking - 3DMark

For this section I will include only the results from the cards I have run 3DMark on in the test system. This is the X1950XT-X and the 7950GX2, as well as the Asus X1950 pro single card and crossfire results.

I used the popular gaming benchmarks made by Futuremark to bench all of the cards. I used 3dMark 03, 05 and 06. All benches were performed at stock speeds for this section. I ran all benchmarks from the stock settings just like the free versions to give you a good comparison of scores.

The Results were as follows:

3dMark 03

First we start with 3dMark03. This is a benchmark that relies heavily on DirectX 8 features. This will give an indication of how the card will run on games that rely on DX 8.

An impressive score from the 7950 GT, far outperforming the X1950 Pro. It seems that nVidia cards generally better in 3DMark03.

3dMark05

I ran 3dMark05. This benchmark requires some more features of DirectX 9 and gets slightly more taxing on the cards.

3dmark05 seems to even things up a bit with the ATI card coming in more proportionally to the Gainward 7950. However the Gainward card holds it's own here.

3dMark06

3dMark06 is the latest in the benchmarking tests from Futuremark. It has a lot of DirectX 9.0c features such as HDR and use of Shader model 3.0. This benchmark is very taxing for the cards and also includes quite a harsh CPU benchmark. Seeing as this was run with the exact same CPU this was not an issue.

06 is a good test of DX 9.0c performance and here the Gainward card pulls one over on the ATI X1950 Pro. A very decent performance showing the cards (and nVidia's) strength in 3dmark06.

Overall some nice bench scores from the Gainward 7950 GT - a good card to get going with the Futuremark ORB!

Most Recent Comments

23-07-2006, 12:43:39

FarFarAway

We take a look at this silent card and see what we think. Link here

23-07-2006, 12:57:44

Raven

looks good but on page2 in an image it says cooling: fan(one slot)

http://www.overclock3d.net/image.php?id=2099

liked the overclocked chart with the nonoverclocked score, easier to get a good look

23-07-2006, 12:59:09

FarFarAway

Yeah it does doesn't it?

Ah well: it's from Gainwards website

23-07-2006, 13:03:46

NickS

Great review m8. Card is kinda... eh. I was thinkin bout getting one to replace the X800 128MB PCI-E in my spare rig, but after looking at benches my X800 rips it a new one :O.

23-07-2006, 13:09:53

FarFarAway

Well it's a low-end card so it's not going to be the very best..

23-07-2006, 13:17:41

Raven

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='Kempez'

Ah well: it's from Gainwards website

Gainward should have done better than that, passive cooling sounds much better than one slot fan.

23-07-2006, 14:10:24

FragTek

Great review mate, cheers for that!

24-07-2006, 11:39:25

Hyper

Nice review mate, if I was to build a computer at the minute I would definatly be putting one of those in as they are great value for money and silent

24-07-2006, 12:40:26

limqareb

so you mean that card kills a 7800GS

24-07-2006, 12:41:24

FarFarAway

Quote:

Originally Posted by name='limqareb'

so you mean that card kills a 7800GS

ey?

Gainward Bliss Golden Sample 7950GT 512mb

Benchmarks - 3DMark

Published: 15th November 2006 | Source: Gainward | Price: | Author: Matt Kemp

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