Today we have a very interesting video card on our test bench. We have a sample of Gigabytes Geforce 6600GT card which seems to be
the card you should get if you want speed but still don't have enough cash for the best cards. We will test this and see how it performs agianst
other PCI-E cards we have reviewed before. We have some gaming benchmarks coming up for you and some overclocking of course.
About Gigabyte:
The success of Giga-Byte Technology has exceeded all expectations. With the commitment to upgrading the IT industry, Giga-Byte Technology built up a solid foundation upon the envisioned industry scale. These efforts have earned Giga-Byte Technology an eminent and widespread reputation, as well as the focus of attention and accomplishment around the world. With the respectable performance of motherboard business and global reputation along with worldwide brand awareness, Giga-Byte Technology is making steady progress to become one of the best total IT product providers in the world.
Specifications:
Chipset NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT
Memory 128 MB
Memory Bus 128 bit
BUS PCI-e x 16
Memory Type DDRIII 8Mx32
D-SUB Y
TV-OUT Y
DVI Port Y
MultiView Y
H/W Monitor N
Tools V-Tuner II
GAME 1
Software Power DVD 5.0
The board:
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Is it a Doom 3 creature on the box? Well it sure looks like it at least. We have a standard Gigabyte box with the logo to the left and then the product name on the bottom.
On the back we find several features and specifications that this card holds.
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Inside the box we find a manual with a driver&software cd and also a full version of Doom 3 for you Doom3 freaks out there and for those who just want to try it :)
We also have a few adapters included DVI etc.
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Over the core Gigabyte has mounted a pretty big cooler compared to the card size at least.
This is good though as there is plenty of space for a waterblock if you prefer to cool it that way.
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The memory chips are not equipped with any heatsinks of any kind so if you want some extra cooling on them buy some small heatsinks.
The chipsets are not on both sides so you will not need any heatsinks for the back itself.
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