NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT Roundup

Digit Life compares three GeForce FX 5900XT video cards, the AOpen Aeolus GeForce FX 5900XT, Chaintech GeForce FX 5900XT and MSI FX5900XT:

The sector of 3D accelerators is expecting new solutions from ATI and NVIDIA! But we do remember that new-comers mostly belong to the High-End level and have high prices. Today we will test the middle-end solutions, though they are closer to the upper middle-end niche. Exactly such cards are the most popular on the market. The collage above says that the FX 5900 can be found at $200.. Is that true? Well, yes, it’s true though there are some stipulations. But before we proceed have a look at the list of reviews below related with the FX 5900 line and the NV35 architecture on the whole.

..A user’s choice within the FX 5900XT family will be based on the price, accessories and unique features one or another card possesses. MSI’s solution has an excellent accessory pack, and it actually looks a winner compared to two other cards. AOpen’s card is very modest and doesn’t have any distinguishing features. Chaintech’s board has a pretty good package contents but its cooler doesn’t suit for overclocking needs. By the way, I didn’t publish the overclocking results of each card because it can depend on a sample, and it can change from 420 MHz to 470 MHz. Memory overclocking depends on what memory chips a given manufacturer uses for a given board. But I must say that most FX 5900XT cores are able to reach the level of the FX 5900 Ultra. The memory scores will be lower.

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NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900XT