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Author: Whoopty | ||
| Posted: 15:06, December 4th 2007 | |||
| Link: http://www.xfxforce.com | |||
| Score: 9 out of 10 [?] | |||
| Price: £205 | |||
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Conclusion
Well, what can I say? NVIDIA have released a card that costs almost half the price of the GTX - which is after a year still one of the best performing cards they do - with a smaller PCB, smaller cooler and less power requirements. The GT is no giant leap in terms of high end performance, but my god what a jump for the mid-range.
There are many versions of the it out there too, with varying amounts of memory, various clock speeds, bundles and yes, varying price tags. However, even though the XXX Alpha Dog version costs around 10% more than some it's lower clocked, less "memoried" (that's my new word of the day) rivals, it looks good, cools well and comes with a decent bundled game. If you are looking to pick up a nice Christmas upgrade for yourself, make sure you snap up one of these.
| Pros | Cons |
| Performance rivals high-end cards for mid-range price | Cooler still quite noisy |
| Cools reasonably well | Door hanger? come on... |
| Smaller in die and PCB size |
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Thanks go to XFX for providing us with this GPU.
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