Guru3D takes a look at the XFX 7900GTX. Overall this is a really nice card with good performance and a bad "XXX" name. The graphics core is running at a sweet 700 MHz (650 normally) and the memory is running at 2x900 MHz (normally 2x850 MHz). Not bad eh?

With a card like the 7900 GTX 512 MB you can play your games at 1920x1200 like I do and you do not have to compromise at all. Turn on 4xAA and sixteen levels of anisotropic filtering, the card will still push well over 80 frames per second (on average) in Quake 4 for example. So I really do not need to go into much detail to describe how well games play with this card.

Also do not rule out other functions like SD/HD content (movies/series/multimedia), playback is fantastic with the help of PureVideo (which you need to buy for 20 USD sadly). I'm also sorry to say that this card is not HDCP ready. According to the HDCP specification, high-definition video content that is transported using a HDCP-DVI signal will be encrypted to prevent copying. This means that future encrypted HD media can not be decoded properly with this card. Now I don't know how much of an issue this will really become as not only do we NOT have HDCP content right now, it's cracked already. Still if you are planning to playback HD HDCP protected content over DVI-D -> HDMI, this is something you need to keep in mind.

In related news, Bit-Tech compared the GeForce 7900 GTs from BFG Tech and XFX.

Update: Blade Runner informed me that there is just a single 7900GTX shipping in Germany at the moment. It's the Palit 7900GTX. He bought it for 500,- € after waiting for the XFX 7900 GTX XXX without success. Which would have cost him 700,- €. He tested the overclocking capabilities of the card and was impressed. Over 1000 MHz and no problem at all. To be on the secure side He just run it with 900 MHz and 700 core. The temperature is not going up a single step. No glitches, just a great card!