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GeForce 7950 GX2 Retail Round-up



This isn't the first time that NVIDIA's board partners have sold a pair of NVIDIA GPUs on a single 'card' - ASUS and Gigabyte have both done so on numerous occasions. However, unlike the multi-GPU-on-one-card efforts from ASUS and Gigabyte, GeForce 7950 GX2 is not a 'limited edition' product. GeForce 7950 GX2 is real, and so is its availability. Every major UK online retailer has stock from several NVIDIA board partners, and has done since launch day.

The other interesting feature that the GeForce 7950 GX2 has is the inclusion of full HDCP support. That's right, HDCP support is a feature on GeForce 7950 GX2.

We had a look at the performance of NVIDIA's new king of the hill at the start of the month; we're back today with a round-up of five retail cards from ASUS, BFG Tech, Leadtek, MSI and XFX. We have also extended our testing to evaluate the real-world performance of GeForce 7950 GX2 a little closer, too.
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Conclusion:

There are some caveats that you should know about before deciding whether the GeForce 7950 GX2 is the high end video card of choice. The first caveat is the lack of support for anti-aliasing and HDR at the same time in games like Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Avid players of Bethesda's latest masterpiece may find that they will get a better gaming experience from a Radeon X1900XTX if anti-aliasing is something that you cannot live without.

Secondly, because GeForce 7950 GX2 uses a pair of GPUs, it ultimately relies on multi-GPU profiles in order to achieve its performance. Whilst NVIDIA is usually on the ball when it comes to releasing profiles for top games, there are lesser-known games that still don't benefit from multi-GPU. If you're a niche gamer, it is another thing that may sway your purchase.

Despite the issues that may turn enthusiasts away from GeForce 7950 GX2, we are still incredibly impressed with the way that the GeForce 7950 GX2 performs across a range of popular games. Multi-GPU has been making a B-line for the mainstream for some time now, and this is the closest that it has come so far.

Getting a pair of GPUs onto a video card that is no larger than the current flagship cards from both ATI and NVIDIA is an impressive feat. Even more impressive is the way that NVIDIA has managed to get the GeForce 7950 GX2 performing consistently well.

Based on our experiences with a pair of GeForce 7900 GX2's in Quad SLI, we don't think that a single GeForce 7950 GX2 is fast enough to cope with playing games at 2560x1600. Even if you're running a pair of GeForce 7900 GTX's in SLI, or a pair of Radeon X1900's in CrossFire at 2560x1600 is going to result in a few compromises. A pair of GX2's will fare much better when the drivers are a lot less buggy. At that time, NVIDIA will officially support Quad SLI via the drivers on its home page - we're eagerly looking forward to that day.
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Source: bit-tech.net | GeForce 7950 GX2 Retail Round-up
 
Mushtaq ali said:
But this card is just amazing. Have tried it buddies. Its a knock out to any other nvidia or ATI card.
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yeah mushi... temme bout it :p

@ blady were trying to get a couple of GX2's ta test. lets see how it goes.
 
Mushtaq ali said:
But this card is just amazing. Have tried it buddies. Its a knock out to any other nvidia or ATI card.
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dude we already know that. won't 2 graphics cards be faster than one?? :bleh: Simple logic... Why doncha keep your marketing strats off TE...

@ congrats on becoming new 'marketing head' :p
 
vandal said:
dude we already know that. won't 2 graphics cards be faster than one?? :bleh: Simple logic... Why doncha keep your marketing strats off TE...
@ congrats on becoming new 'marketing head' :p
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Thanks vandal : Michael How u doing buddy?
 
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