3D Performance
The things to look out for will be the eVGA board's performance, compared both to the XFX and to the MSI GeForce 7300 GS. The other interesting data point is how close the XFX gets to the X1300 XT. On we go to find out.
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
The XFX gets to within 25% of the leading X1300 XT's performance, mostly as expected and beating the MSI GeForce 7300 GS comfortably as it should. It's the performance of the eVGA model that should get the most second glances, though, barely offering up half the performance of the other 256MiB 7300 GT. Because of the halved memory bus, the eVGA 7300 GT is the slowest on test, slower even than the MSI GeForce7300 GS.
Quake 4
The eVGA is much closer to the MSI this time, but its memory bandwidth deficit is completely clear. The XFX closes on the GeCube, and to less than 10% at 1024x768, but the GeCube remains the faster hardware and most playable at the upper resolution.
Far Cry
The eVGA e-GeForce 7300 GT is the slowest card on test again, offering up just over half the performance of XFX's apparently identical product at 1024x768, and less than half at the upper resolution. At 1280x1024 the GeCube pulls away from the XFX, where the latter almost keeps up at 1024x768.
