FiringSquad reviews GeForce 7950 GT video cards from BFG, EVGA, XFX, Leadtek, and Gigabyte including:
BFG GeForce 7950 GT OC
EVGA e-GeForce 7950 GT KO
Gigabyte GV-NX795T512H-RH
Leadtek WinFast PX7950 GT TDH/Extreme
XFX GeForce 7950 GT 570M Extreme
Today was supposed to be the day ATI's latest GPU releases, including the Radeon X1950 XTX, X1900 XT 256MB, and Radeon X1650 Pro enjoyed all the limelight that comes with retail availability. In a startling twist of fate however it's NVIDIA's GeForce 7950 GT that's stealing the headlines across hardware enthusiast sites around the web instead. Today's arrival of the GeForce 7950 GT is a bold demonstration by NVIDIA that they don't intend to give an inch to their archrival, concocting a new GPU that's designed to take on ATI's brand new Radeon X1900 XT 256MB head-on. It's also a lesson to ATI that they must be careful about pre-announcing products too far ahead of their actual introduction. It is after all no coincidence that NVIDIA chose the 14th to hard launch the GeForce 7950 GT. But does ATI have anything to fear with today's introduction of the GeForce 7950 GT? That's what we're here today to find out!
The GeForce 7950 GT is actually the second part of NVIDIA's plans to spoil ATI's party this fall. Last week we took a look at NVIDIA's first effort, the GeForce 7900 GS, which has been architected to do battle with ATI's Radeon X1800 GTO and X1900 GT at the $200 price point. The 7900 GS faired pretty favorably against the Radeon X1800 GTO, delivering better performance than the GTO overall, but against the newer X1900 GT it was a much closer battle, with the victor varying depending on the particular game being tested. The GeForce 7950 GT occupies the bracket just above the GeForce 7900 GS, priced at an MSRP of $300 and equipped with 512MB of GDDR3 memory. All GeForce 7950 GT cards are also equipped with the crypto-ROM chip necessary to support HDCP....
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