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<!-- start /elements/product-review.ctp --> <div id="product-review" class="article"> <h2 class="header-green">ASUS EN7900GS TOP (GeForce 7900 GS)</h2> <span class="byline">Reviewed by Vincent Chang on Thursday, 12 Oct 2006</span> <div class="share"> <div id="addthis_div_5ae0c1d892d41" class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" addthis:url="http://www.hardwarezone.com/review-asus-en7900gs-top-geforce-7900-gs" addthis:title="ASUS EN7900GS TOP (GeForce 7900 GS)" > <a class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:count="false"></a> <a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a> <a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a> <!-- <a class="addthis_button_slashdot"></a> <a class="addthis_button_digg"></a> --> <a class="addthis_button_email"></a> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ window.addEvent ('domready', function () { //AddThis thing addthis_share = window.addthis_share || {}; addthis_share.url_transforms = { add: { utm_source: 'addthis', utm_medium: 'referral', utm_campaign: 'addthis', utm_content: 'ASUS%2BEN7900GS%2BTOP%2B%28GeForce%2B7900%2BGS%29' } } addthis_config = window.addthis_config || {}; addthis_config.data_track_clickback = true; addthis_config.data_ga_property = 'UA-166763-1'; //window.addthis && addthis.toolbox (".addthis_toolbox"); }); //]]> </script> <div class="content resizeable"> <div id="page-1" class="page"> <h2 class="page-title">Topping it Off</h2> <h3 class="page_title">Topping it Off</h3> <p>With the launch of the first DirectX 10 graphics cards expected in a month's time, now is probably the best chance for graphics chipmakers to clear some of their inventory to make room for the upcoming newcomers. Hence, we have seen a massive influx of these cards, like the GeForce 7900 GS to the retail channels. Many of these GeForce 7900 GS cards are overclocked and even non-standard features like HDCP support has been added. Prices have also become more reasonable and this has probably started something of a buying spree among enthusiasts.</p> <p>We have already seen quite a few of these excellent enthusiast-edition GeForce 7900 GS cards in our labs and they all have produced solid performance figures in our benchmarks. ASUS, one of the largest vendors in the industry had not yet made their mark in that sector, but that is all set to change with the latest TOP edition of ASUS' GeForce 7900 GS. In case you're unaware, the TOP edition is ASUS' special, overclocked version and from our past experiences, they can be quite the speed demon. So would the ASUS EN7900GS TOP live up to its billing?</p> <p>For starters, how about a daring core clock of 590MHz and an equally aggressive memory frequency of 1440MHz DDR? Those were the surprisingly high clock speeds we discovered on installing the drivers. Before you start hyperventilating about the 3DMark scores, here's a glimpse of the new ASUS box packaging (featuring Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter):</p> <p class="rtecenter"><img height="380" width="500" src="/files/images/Box_10.jpg" title="ASUS seems to have chosen Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter to replace its previous King Kong themed box art. The game of course is included and you can probably expect to find it in many ASUS graphics bundles for their newer variety." alt="" /></p> </div> </div> <div class="pagination" > <span class="desc">Page 1 of 9</span> <ul> <li class="prevnext prev"><a href="/review-asus-en7900gs-top-geforce-7900-gs" class="disabled">‹ Prev</a></li> <li class="skip"> <form id="PageAddForm" method="post" action="/go"><fieldset style="display:none;"><input type="hidden" name="_method" value="POST" /></fieldset> <select name="data[Page][url]" class="page-selector" id="PageUrl"> <option value="/review-asus-en7900gs-top-geforce-7900-gs" selected="selected">Topping it Off</option> <option value="/review-asus-en7900gs-top-geforce-7900-gs/asus-en7900gs-top">The ASUS EN7900GS TOP</option> <option value="/review-asus-en7900gs-top-geforce-7900-gs/test-setup-174">Test Setup</option> <option value="/review-asus-en7900gs-top-geforce-7900-gs/results-3dmark05-pro-3dmark06-18">Results - 3DMark05 Pro & 3DMark06</option> <option value="/review-asus-en7900gs-top-geforce-7900-gs/results-splinter-cell-chaos-theory-fear-directx-9-benchmarks-20">Results - Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory & F.E.A.R (DirectX 9 Benchmarks)</option> <option value="/review-asus-en7900gs-top-geforce-7900-gs/results-chronicles-riddick-quake-4-opengl-sm20-benchmarks-10">Results - Chronicles of Riddick & Quake 4 (OpenGL SM2.0+ Benchmarks)</option> <option value="/review-asus-en7900gs-top-geforce-7900-gs/temperature-testing-79">Temperature Testing</option> <option value="/review-asus-en7900gs-top-geforce-7900-gs/overclocking-95">Overclocking</option> <option value="/review-asus-en7900gs-top-geforce-7900-gs/conclusion-338">Conclusion</option> </select> <input type="submit" class="submit" value="Go" /> </form> </li> <li class="prevnext next"><a href="/review-asus-en7900gs-top-geforce-7900-gs/asus-en7900gs-top" class="">Next ›</a></li> </ul> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ window.addEvent ('domready', function () { var container = document.getElement ('#product-review'), content = container && container.getElement ('.content'), pagination = container && container.getElement ('.pagination'), form = pagination && pagination.getElement ('form'), menu = form && form.getElement ('.page-selector'), links = { prev: pagination && pagination.getElement ('.prev a'), next: pagination && pagination.getElement ('.next a') }, page = -1, desc = 'Page {curPage} of {lastPage}' ; // Tag as Javascript-enabled pagination.addClass ('js'); menu.addEvent ('change', function (e) { var curPage = this.selectedIndex + 1, lastPage = this.length, url = this.get ('value'), pageContent = container && container.getElement ('.page') ; // Disable controls menu.set ('disabled', 'disabled').blur (); if (pageContent) pageContent.setStyle ('opacity', .5); new Request.HTML ({ 'url': url, 'method': 'get', 'link': 'cancel', 'update': content, 'onSuccess': function () { // Update controls menu.erase ('disabled'); links.prev .set ('href', menu.getChildren ('option')[(curPage > 1)? curPage - 2: curPage - 1].get ('value')) [(curPage > 1)? 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