ASUS GeForce EN7950GT/HTDP/512M

Like their GeForce 7900 GS card, ASUS’ EN7950GT/HTDP/512M board is a carbon copy of NVIDIA’s reference board design for the GeForce 7950 GT. Since both the GeForce 7900 GS and 7950 GT are based on the same basic design, this means that both cards look very similar to one another; if you don’t look closely, you could easily confuse one board for the other.

The most notable difference physically between the GeForce 7900 GS and GeForce 7950 GT is the use of denser 16Mx32 memory modules (Infineon Part Number HYB18H512321AF-14) since 512MB of memory is required. These modules are rated for speeds up to 700MHz, which is right in line with NVIDIA’s reference clock speeds. In comparison, Hynix memory modules are typically used on GeForce 7900 GS cards.



ASUS clocks their EN7950GT/HTDP/512M board at the stock GeForce 7950 GT speeds of 550MHz core/700MHz memory (1.4GHz effective). Unlike their GeForce 7900 GS SKUs, ASUS provides no factory overclocked option for the GeForce 7950 GT, their EN7950GT/HTDP/512M board is it. The card is HDCP compliant, so you can watch your Blu-ray or HD-DVD movies at full 1080p resolution with no compromises provided you have an HDCP-compliant monitor.

The card does come with a copy of Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter on DVD-ROM as well as two DVI adapters, S-Video and HDTV video cables, CD wallet and a power adapter. It also supports the aforementioned ASUS software programs we mentioned earlier.

Like all ASUS graphics cards, the EN7950GT/HTDP/512M is backed by a 3-year warranty.