GeForce 7900 GS
The GeForce 7900 GS chip, which is the direct successor of the GeForce 7900 GT. So, 7900 GS is the same 7900 GT with its 450 MHz core and 660 (1320) MHz memory. However, the 7900 GT has 24 pixel units, 8 vertex pipelines, 24 texture units and 16 ROPS in action. And the 7900 GS has only 20 pixel blocks (1 quad is cut off), 7 vertex pipelines, respectively, 20 texture units and the same 16 ROPs.
Specifications NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
| Name | GeForce 7900GS |
| Core | G71 |
| Process technology (µm) | 0.09 |
| Transistors (million) | 279 |
| Core frequency | 450 |
| Memory frequency (DDR) | 660 (1320) |
| Bus and memory type | GDDR3 256 Bit |
| Bandwidth (Gb/s) | 42.2 |
| Pixel pipelines | 20 |
| TMU per conveyor | 1 |
| textures per clock | 20 |
| textures per pass | 20 |
| Vertex conveyors | 7 |
| Pixel Shaders | 3.0 |
| Vertex Shaders | 3.0 |
| Fill Rate (Mpix/s) | 7200 |
| Fill Rate (Mtex/s) | 9000 |
| DirectX | 9.0c |
| Anti-Aliasing (Max) | SS&MS - 8x |
| Anisotropic Filtering (Max) | 16x |
| Memory | 256-512 |
| Interface | PCI-E |
| RAMDAC | 2x400 |
Despite the reduction in the pipeline formula of the 7900GS video chip compared to the 7900GT, nothing fatal happened. Yes, there was a slight drop in performance, but the difference in performance between the chips was quite small. 7900GS for the money has become an excellent choice for mid-range players.