Gainward is very well know for producing excellent graphics cards based on nVidia GPUs. Thus, we were looking forward to the arrival of their FX5800 Ultra based card. Like the Leadtek FX card that we recently reviewed, Gainward also designed their own cooling solution. Lets take a look at the Ultra/1000 plus and find out what distinguishes this card from the rest of the FX cards.
Gainward's award winning High-Performance/ Wide-Bandwidth(TM) hardware design powered by NVIDIA's most innovative GeForce(TM) FX 5800 Ultra GPU and integrating 128 MB of the latest high-speed DDR II memory which offers enhanced, leading-edge performance for the 3D enthusiasts.
Gainward's unique powerful cooling Fan, it's difference with nvidia's fan and the noise of fan only has 43db, which is less than the fan of nvidia, which has 52db.
Gainward's "Golden Sample(TM)" products (golden label on the front side) guarantee outstanding stability and performance even at significantly enhanced clock settings by using a hand selected 3D graphics processor and carefully qualified memory chips.
Most of Gainward FX PowerPack! products support two monitors simultaneously, enabled by the NVIDIA nView(TM) Multi-Display Technology for office applications, 3D gaming and professional applications such as CAD, DTP, animation or video editing. NVIDIA nView(TM) Multi-Display Technology allows end-users to select any combination of multiple displays, including digital flat panels (LCD), analog CRTs, and TVs, and modify the display properties using an intuitive software interface for more efficient viewing. (For details please see label on the front side).
Depending on Gainward's product model, (see front label) either a video-out connector is provided or full, flicker free video-in/video-out functionality (both composite video and s-video for PAL and NTSC) for smooth video recording and video editing (XP products only).
Accelerated DVD playback with enhanced motion compensation in hardware. A powerful package of Video-Editing-Software is also included (XP products only).
Includes Gainward's award winning EXPERTool?tuning utility for customized performance enhancements and efficient desktop management. Also includes performance enhanced, accelerated software drivers for all major operating systems and APIs.
Easy Plug-and-Play AUTORUN installation from CD-ROM, supports 8x, 4x, and 2x AGP.
Supports LCD output with DVI connector
TV-out support (NTSC/PAL) TV system
API Support - Complete DirectX support, including DirectX 9.0 and lower - Full OpenGL 1.4 and lower support
