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Leadtek WinFast PX7950 GX2 TDH 1GB PCI-E Review |
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Written by Mavke
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Thursday, 22 June 2006 |
Bjorn3D has the pleasure to report about their review on the Leadtek WinFast PX7950 GX2 TDH 1GB PCIe video card. Those of you that have read some of my most recent articles and reviews have noticed my budding interest in AMD and NVIDIA. The GeForce 7950 GX2 is actually just one part of the Quad SLI technology that NVIDIA had in mind with this board. Due to some performance reasons NVIDIA is currently only delivering the single GeForce 7950 GX2 solution with the Quad SLI to be enabled at a later date. Leadtek has jumped on the wagon an has released their own card based upon this technology, the WinFast PX7950 GX2 running at 500/1200MHz and featuring 1GB memory.
 Leadtek WinFast PX7950 GX2 TDH 1GB PCI-E Review
At first glance I noticed the card to aesthetically pleasing as are all the NVIDIA reference based cards are. Leadtek chose to make the swirls on the faceplate of the top heat sink varying shades of brown and tan, which look equally appealing as opposed to the all green scheme on the reference board. Otherwise the placid, relaxing green color scheme is a bit of a paradox for a thoroughbred card with the features and obvious horsepower that this card possesses. One would expect it to be painted bright red with orange luminescent flames. As with all of the GeForce 7950 GX2 based cards two slots are occupied.
First and foremost let me say that in the three reviews of several Leadtek products that I've performed, I've found Leadtek does in fact hold true to their words. From my perspective they produce a high quality product that's meant to last and the Leadtek WinFast PX7950 GX2 TDH is certainly no exception. When you have a product of this obvious quality made by a manufacturer with this mission I'd say you're in pretty good hands! One of my pet peeves in any computer system is having a single component product that makes more noise than any of the rest.
This is extremely aggravating and quite a nuisance even with my decreased hearing. In most cases I have found the culprit to be the video card. Such was certainly not the case with the WinFast PX7950 GX2 TDH, everything appeared unchanged with this card running even at its highest settings. For that alone I give it a high recommendation. The only negative I could find with this card was its price which averages in the $580 range. This will not preclude the high-end computer enthusiast from strongly considering this card for their arsenal and ultimate gaming experience.
The average user, well the average user's system probably doesn't cost this much; but then again this product or this review isn't aimed at the average user. To call this one of the best video cards I've had the pleasure to review might be overkill, but if overkill so be it! I highly recommend it for anyone looking for a premier quality video card. Let's sum it up by remembering what this card has to offer, it's fast, cool, quiet, it comes with a more than adequate bundle of software and hardware accessories.
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