Today we look at a product from the wicked folks at Inno3D. Earlier on at launch time we already checked out their OC model GeForce 8800 GT, today we'll have a look at that other product line from Inno3D, the one that is so much treasured by our audience, the iChill version. The iChill basically boils down towards a better software bundle, cooling, a decent overclock and a nice price. Within the Inno3D iChill range of products however, there are several product lines with different cooling options. Some cards have Zalman cooling, the others have Arctic Cooling products cooling the cards. Today's model has is a cooler with active fan called that originates from Arctic Cooling pre-applied for you.- Guru3D

Inno3D GeForce 8800 GT iChill Video Card Review

Now then, since the green hornets, NVIDIA, gives its partners free choice with respect to factory based pre-overclocking of the G92 based GeForce 8800 GT this product ships with a significant higher frequency. The card comes with an overclock from reference 600MHz to 700MHz core and uses 512MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 2000MHz effectively. So, what we are looking at today is the GeForce 8800 GT card, a product that should and will replace that somewhat handicapped GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB, not only in performance yet also in price. And on top, these new GT cards are surely pretty to the eyes.

Faster clocks will give this product a little more edge over the competition, and this is why we see the faster iChill edition. The graphics card comes with an overclock of 700MHz core speed and uses 512MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 2000MHz. Surprisingly enough the shader domain however seems to be left at reference clocks, 1512MHz and that surprised us, as the performance increase of the reference is really significant. Inno3D has apparently put a lot of effort into this card, it comes with full three years warranty, full game bundle, gold plated connectors and high performance Accelero X1 cooler from Arctic Cooling.

Packaging, pretty nice design. Though your biggest problem will be to find this brand. Hopefully in time that'll change. The card itself has a pretty nice design, though you'll either love or hate the big sized cooler. Absolutely sloppy, there is just no other word for it. The two DVI ports support simultaneous HDCP and dual link. This has been a possibility since NVIDIA's release of 65nm products and this is the second card in the series to boast this feature, others being incapable of the feature. At the rear end we stumble into the 6-pin power connector as the PCI Express bus can not deliver enough current to the graphics card.

Inno3D once again has a classic product on their hand. There are however a few points of constructive criticism. First off, that silly long fan power connector cable. That just doesn't make any common sense and just looks ghastly. Secondly, a big missed opportunity for the Inno3D GeForce 8800 GT iChill is the fact that they left the shader domain in the GPU at reference speed, and that's just a real shame especially opposed to the competition this is something where Inno3D looses it's advantage. And we don't get that as the card has very sufficient cooling. Other than that, the product is obviously just lovely.

By itself the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT is already a killer graphics card, it's one of the most cost effective products that money can buy and offers you a really fine gaming experience in this day and age. The Inno3D GeForce 8800 GT iChill edition provides really good, close to higher-end performance for a fraction of last years high-end price. It also packs in more features to sweeten the deal. The biggest problem is finding these cards at e-tailers. And though not clocking the shader domain any faster is a missed opportunity, in the end it is a card that we can't recommend highly enough.