An Epic Battle Between Two GPUs from '06

It's time for another GPU card battle. This time between two classic rivals: ATI and Nvidia.
From ATI we have the behemoth 1900xt, but can Nvidia's more budget friendly 7900gs put up a fight?
Check this video out to see who wins in an epic battle between two video cards from 2006.
System Specs:
MOBO: MSI RS480M2 (MS-7093) Socket 939 (1 PCI-E x16, 3 PCI, 4 Rear USB)
CASE: Antec Sonota w/ 2 front USB ports
CPU: Socket 939 AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ @ 2.0Ghz
RAM: 2GB DDR400 (4 x 512MB)
VIDEO: SAPPHIRE Radeon X1900XT 512MB GDDR3 PCIE
SOUND: Onboard Realtek ALC658C 6-Channel Audio
HARD DRIVE: Hitachi 160GB 7.2KRPM 3.5-inch IDE Ultra-ATA/133 (HDS721616PLAT80)
PSU: Antec EarthWatts 380W 80-Plus PSU (EA-380)
OPTICAL: LG DVDRW-DL+/- Drive (GSA-4120B)
COOLING: 1 x 120mm rear fan
OS: Windows XP Professional 32-Bit

[@WaRn00b85]

This takes me back - When I just finished studying, and started working (in I.T.), I bought a new rig, Athlon 64 3500+ (Winchester Core), with a Gigabyte X1900XTX (when it just released), 1GB of Corsair Platinum PC-3200 (DDR400) on a DFI LanParty UT CFX3200 board, with Zalman coolers all round. I OC'd everything a tad, and ended up on the top 10 in my country (South Africa) in terms of scores (can't even remember what we used back then).

[@adamk3026]

Awesome video and great shout out for Pixel Pipes. He's a treasure for this scene.

[@badabingbaby6961]

God those things just scream 2006

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

I liked the 7900GS especially because it could be overclocked a lot.

[@MrModamanReviews]

I picked up a 7950 GT with C2Duo. This ran great until Crysis. 😢

[@fradd182]

Oblivion still looks great

[@RuruFIN]

You're pretty much right here, Doom 3 indead does favor Nvidia. I remember back in the day that a 6600 GT was similar to X800 Pro on Doom 3.

[@alwaysobsolete]

I remember buying a 6600gt so that I could play Oblivion when it first came out

[@alefenzo]

Nice work 🤠

[@alwaysobsolete]

Thank you! Cheers!