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Gainward's Ultra/2600 450 MHz air cooled flier |
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Written by JRd1st
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Thursday, 21 October 2004 |
Gainward is one of the three companies which offers cards beyond nVidia's specifications and reference clocks. The other two are XFX and US based BFG.
 Gainward's Ultra/2600 450 MHz air cooled flier
We tested a water cooled version of this card few months back and it's interesting to note that we got exactly the same results. Well there is a huge
difference in price. The air-cooled card that we tested today won't be very quiet while its CoolFX brother will be totally quiet. You can get some 20MHz more with the water-cooled version, but that's all. There is a €300 difference
in price.
Just like its water-based brother, this card is a top performer. If you have the money to spare, then this is the card for you. If not, then go for the "cheap" $499 or even more affordable cards that won't deliver this performance.
While it will cost you almost the same as some other branded GeForce 6800 Ultra cards, you will get 450/1200 MHz performance, while most of the others will offer you 400/1100MHz for the same price.
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