Earlier we looked at a Geforce 6600GT from Gigabyte and today we have another card from them but with a ATI chipset included this time.
We have their X700 card with silenpipes on our testbench. We will test this against the 6600GT and see how they perform in games
and if we are able to get some overclocking speeds out of it. So if you are in the market for a PCI-E card this is the review for you.
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 ATI RADEON X700
Memory 128 MB
Memory Bus 128 bit
BUS PCI-e x 16
Memory Type DDR 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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Very nice box with tons of specifications and features on the back for you to look at. The box is similar to the other Gigabyte boxes as
it has their logo on the left side and a picture in the middle.
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Included with the card we have the game called Joint operations and a cd with drivers and software; PowerDVD for example.
We also have a DVI converter and another cable so you can connect your computer to the TV with S-video for example.
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If you need a nice calendar to have on your table it's also included with the video card.
Fanless video card, does it really work? Well it has a heatpipe technology so the heat is tranfered to the back side of the
video card also. We have to test by overclocking this card to be able to tell if it works or not.
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On top of the heatsink itself we have a cool looking "decoration" that actually takes a part of the heat also. The card is equipped with
S-video, dvi, and a normal analog monitor connector.
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As we can see on this final picture the heatpipe connects the front and back heatsink to combine it to a big heatsink so it can remove
the heat from the core itself. Lets check out some testing results.
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