MSI GeForceFX 5900XT 128MB Review

The MSI FX5900XT-VTD128 does not resemble nVidia’s high-end 5900 and 5950 Ultra products, in that it does not have a huge, double slot GPU cooler attached to it. This GeForceFX 5900XT is much more subdued, instead relying on a large, circular copper cooler which we’ll look into more in a bit. The board is roughly the same length as a GeForceFX Ti4600 or 5950 Ultra product, but due to its slim cooler, the card only takes up one case I/O slot.

..Well, if it sounded like we were swooning throughout this article, it’s because we were. MSI’s GeForceFX 5900XT card left us with the undeniable feeling of "Wow, this is how a mid-range card should be done". While we were pleased to see nVidia’s mid-range performance improve with the introduction 5700 Ultra series months ago, the 5900XT simply outshines the 5700 Ultra on every level. In modern games, there really isn’t even that large of a performance gap between the 5900XT and their high-end 5950 Ultra products - even with high-end visual quality settings enabled.

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