FragTek
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I was just surfing over at XS and stumbled across a post by 'The Stilt' after he had the honor of testing out some of Gainwards awesome looking new gear. What we have here today is a 512mb version of the 7800GT and the 6800GS. Due to the fact that nVidia does not produce a PCB for 512mb models of the two mentioned cards Gainward has created custom PCB's which are insanely nice. They feature nice aluminum caps and a power system that looks that of a motherboards power system.
The main changes besides the amount of RAM and custom PCB for the "'Bliss' Golden Sample, Goes-Like-Hell" models are as follows:
- Copper heatsink on GPU (instead of aluminium)
- Samsung memory (instead of Infineon)
- Rubycon capacitors (instead of United Chemi-Con aka KZG)
- Higher clock frequencies, 7800GT: 450MHz (GPU, instead of 400MHz), 1300MHz (Memory, instead of 1000MHz).
- Higher clock frequencies, 6800GS: 485MHz (GPU, instead of 425MHz), 1300MHz (Memory, instead of 1000MHz).
Definately a great looking card with TONS of potential. The price isn't completely out of line either which is a major plus. Usually when it comes down to a custom PCB and parts that aren't nVidia supplied you end up with a card that has an off-the-wall pricetag. Gainward has somehow found a way around that barrier with these two cards. Go Gainward!!
For more information on these new cards check out the full article @ The Inquirer and/or 'The Stilt's' test thread over @ Xtreme Systems.
The main changes besides the amount of RAM and custom PCB for the "'Bliss' Golden Sample, Goes-Like-Hell" models are as follows:
- Copper heatsink on GPU (instead of aluminium)
- Samsung memory (instead of Infineon)
- Rubycon capacitors (instead of United Chemi-Con aka KZG)
- Higher clock frequencies, 7800GT: 450MHz (GPU, instead of 400MHz), 1300MHz (Memory, instead of 1000MHz).
- Higher clock frequencies, 6800GS: 485MHz (GPU, instead of 425MHz), 1300MHz (Memory, instead of 1000MHz).
Definately a great looking card with TONS of potential. The price isn't completely out of line either which is a major plus. Usually when it comes down to a custom PCB and parts that aren't nVidia supplied you end up with a card that has an off-the-wall pricetag. Gainward has somehow found a way around that barrier with these two cards. Go Gainward!!
For more information on these new cards check out the full article @ The Inquirer and/or 'The Stilt's' test thread over @ Xtreme Systems.
