14 DAY TRIAL // Everyone released 7950 GT cards clocked at 550 or 560MHz core and 1400MHz memory and so did EVGA. But the second batch was more interesting as EVGA released a card clocked at 600MHz core and 1450MHz memory, said The Inquirer regarding this card, which they tested now. They say this gets even better, as they managed to overclock the card to 650MHz core and a stonking 1600MHz memory.
Many ex-Gainward guys are now at EVGA Europe and that explains the spirit. A CEO of the company figured out long time ago that overclocking is the way to go and the firm made itself a brand known for overclocked cards, said the same source. The super-clocked card is HDCP enabled, with 512MB of GDDR3 memory a 256-bit bus and, of course, the card is PCIe. Even the clock speeds are on the box so you know what you are buying. It is cool for retail and even etail stores.
The card has two DVI connectors and S Video out. It uses a standard single-slot Evga cooler that seemed to be perfect for the job, even when they were overclocking. The card has a SLI connector and a six-pin PCIe power connector.
Furthermore, the package includes two Molex to six-pin PCIe power cables, S-Video cable, HDTV component cable, a rather plain DVI out, two EVGA stickers, a nice user manual, driver CD and a retail copy of the Hitman - Blood Money.
Here is what they used for benchmarketing: Foxconn C51XE M2aa Nforce 590 SLI motherboard; Geforce 7900 GT 450 Core and 1320 Mhz memory Leadtek PX7950GX2 TDH 500/1200 Mhz; Athlon FX 62 2800 Mhz 90 nanometre Windsor core; 2 x 1024 MB DDR 2 Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 memory; Seagate Barracuda 7200, 400 GB SATA NCQ hard drive; Thermaltake Mini Typhoon Athlon 64/X2/FX cooler and Intel CPU's; Silverstone Strider ST60F, 600W ATX 2.0 SATA;
Here are the specs:
Performance: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT; 560 MHz GPU; 24 Pixel Pipelines; 400 MHz RAMDAC;
Memory: 512 MB, 256 bit DDR3; 1450 MHz (effective); 46.4 GB/s Memory Bandwidth;
Interface: PCI-E 16X; DVI-I, DVI-I, HDTV-7; SLI Capable;
Resolution & Refresh: 240 Hz Max Refresh Rate; 2048 x 1536 x 32bit x 85Hz Max Analog; 2560 x 1600 Max Digital;
Requirements: Minimum of a 400 Watt power supply. (Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 20 Amp Amps); Minimum 500 Watt for SLI mode system. (Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 28 Amp Amps); An available 6 pin PCI-E power connector (hard drive power dongle to PCI-E 6 pin adapter included with card).
The test revealed that this card runs faster than the 7900GT, reference clocked 7950 GT and it can be overclocked to 7900 GTX speeds. It can get up to 15% speed gain compared to the standard model. The cost is between $350 and $400, and that's for the fastest 7950 GT out there.
