GS GeForce 7600

The NVIDIA video processor named G73 was designed to replace the veteran of the mid-segment - the NV43 chip, on the basis of which the entire line of GeForce 6600 series video cards was manufactured. In the case of the G73, the situation is similar. The senior video card in the line was named 7600GT.

 

In addition to the other suffix, the 7600GS video cards were supposed to have other, more significant differences from the 7600GT. Of course, since the 7600GS is "younger", the characteristics of this video card were somewhat cut down, compared to the 7600GT. Fortunately, NVIDIA did not cut the functionality of the video chip itself, and the 7600GS cards are equipped with exactly the same G73 chip as the 7600GT video cards. That is, the video processor had all the same 12 pixel and 5 vertex pipelines, had support for all the newfangled technologies, such as Ultra Shadow II and operation in SLI mode. "Weakening" of the video processor affected the clock frequency. On 7600GS video cards GPU worked at 400 MHz (560 MHz for the 7600GT). Another significant difference is the recommended memory type for the 7600GS - DDR2. The typical operating frequency is 800 MHz DDR (1400 MHz DDR for the 7600GT).

Thus, it turns out that in terms of frequencies, the typical 7600GS video card was 7600% inferior to its older sister 28,5GT in terms of frequency. GPU and almost 43% in memory frequency. Interestingly, in terms of frequencies, the 7600GS was inferior even to the old 6600GT, but we should not forget that the new 7600GS had a larger number of pipelines and an improved architecture.

Characteristics of NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Name	GS GeForce 7600
Core	G73
Process technology (µm)	0.09
Transistors (millions)	178
Core frequency	400
Memory operating frequency (DDR)	400 (800)
Bus and memory type	GDDR2 128 Bit
Bandwidth (Gb/s)	12,8
Pixel pipelines	12
TMU on conveyor	1
Textures per beat	12
Textures per pass	12
Vertex conveyors	5
Pixel Shaders	3.0
Vertex Shaders	3.0
Fill Rate (Mpix/s)	3200
Fill Rate (Mtex/s)	4800
DirectX	9.0c
Anti-Aliasing (Max)	SS & MS - 8x
Anisotropic Filtering (Max)	16x
Memory Capacity	256/512
Interface	PCI-E/AGP
RAMDAC	2 x 400

The 7600GS video cards showed excellent performance for their class, responded well to overclocking, and the variety of design options from different vendors always made it possible to choose an option suitable for any player.