MSI GeForce FX 5950 Ultra Review

Digital Daily has reviewed the MSI GeForce FX 5950 Ultra:

The graphics board in question is made by MSI, a manufacturer very well-known in Russia, which enjoys a worthy reputation of a manufacturer that produces high-quality produce. The video card is built on NVIDIA’s latest chip - NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra (code name NV38). So, what is the new chip like? In fact, it is the same NV35 but with raised operating frequencies of the chip and memory. Production techniques become more polished with time - the yield rate for chips that provide guaranteed operation at higher speeds goes up. Therefore, why not to bring in a new chip on the market especially because ATI has done the same through releasing the ATI Radeon 9800XT which is an "overclock" of the previous flagship solution - Radeon 9800 Pro.

. . . Regarding the MSI FX5950 Ultra VTD256 board. An excellent product with a remarkable package bundle (traditional for MSI). MSI FX5950 Ultra VTD256 appears to be a complete replica of the reference design, and implementation of such complex PCB like that in NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra is the most optimum solution. Despite the operation of the NV38 chip at the extreme speed, the MSI FX 5950 Ultra VTD256 board shows quite good overclocking results. What is left to the end users (who are not so many for this goods because of its extremely high price) is to be guided first by the product price offered by other manufacturers, since other manufacturers are very unlikely to make something out of the ordinary with graphic boards built on the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra. In this case, subjective factors like the brand name of the manufacturer and the package bundle come into play. At that, MSI has every reason to be a good buy.

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MSI GeForce FX 5950 Ultra