GeForce 7900 GS and GeForce 256 DDR - video card comparison
GeForce 7900 GS
GeForce 256 DDR
Architecture
Curie (2003−2013)
Celsius (1999−2005)
GPU code name
G71
NV10 A3
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
May 2006
December 1999
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
450 MHz
120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
90 nm
220 nm
Number of transistors
278 million
17 million
Power consumption (TDP)
49 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
9.000
0.48
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
32 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1320 MHz
300 MHz
Memory bandwidth
42.24 GB/s
4.8 GB/s
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
1x VGA
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
7.0
OpenCL
N/A
N/A
OpenGL
2.1
1.2
Shader Model
3.0
-
Vulkan
N/A
N/A