| Asus EN8800GTX Review |
| Written by Maxit | |||||||
Page 1 of 4  Supplier: ASUS Manufacturer: ASUS With retail GeForce 8800GTX cards hitting the shelves in good numbers, plenty of manufacturers have been quick off the mark to embrace the first ever direct x10 graphic cards and NVIDIA's next generation of GPU's. They all have one thing in common - they are built around the reference design from NVIDIA. So performance is almost guaranteed no matter which manufacturer you pick from. The ASUS EN8800GTX is no exception with a base core clock of 575MHz, memory running at 1.8GHz and shaders hitting the 1.35Ghz mark. So what makes the EN8800GTX special. ASUS have put together one of the best packages of any 8800GTX card on the market to tempt you with. The box is huge and includes loads of exclusive software to get you started in gaming nirvana. Five disks are packed in including GTI racing, Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, 3DMark 2006 for impressing all you mates with 10,000+ scores, splendid video enhancement technology, ASUS onscreen display software for adjusting PC games as you play and a driver disk. They even chuck in a cool cd wallet to keep everything neat and tidy! Back that lot up with ASUS legendary build quality and support, a handy quick start install guide and it's not hard to see why this card is already looking like a winner.  We told you it was big!  The bundles sweet too.
Now if the size of the box has scared you, you'll be relieved to know that card isn't quite as frightening. At around 23cms it makes your old 7800 and 7900 GeForce's look puny and some cases might struggle fitting it in.  To be honest if your going to buy a £400 card you'd better have a decent case to begin with and the average user shouldn't have any trouble. In our testbed Coolermaster Wavemaster case, it slotted in without any problems. Two of these in SLI and you might want to consider something bigger for housing - these things do get hot! Let's have a look at some major eye candy. People who get easily excited by next generation graphics cards might want to look away.
A special mention should be given to the ASUS warranty program. The ASUS EN8800GTX is backed up with a generous three year warranty. ASUS have a maximum turnaround time of 14 days if things should go pop, making them one of the best. An important when you are considering buying expensive components. |
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