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PALIT REVOLUTION R700 HD 4870X2 2GB DDR5 Graphics Card Review

Desktop PC Hardware — Sat, 16 May 2009 03:05:44 +0000

PALIT REVOLUTION R700 HD 4870X2 2GB DDR5

Inorder to fill the high-end graphic card market and become the fastest of the graphic card industry, ATI installed 2 GPU chip HD 4870 in one board, and so the ATI HD 4870X2 was born. Seizing the chance, Palit decide to manufacture a graphic card using this chip of their own too.

To cool off this card Palit used the one not referenced by ATI. Palit uses their own choice of cooler, the result is an HD 4870X2 graphic card which takes up 3 slots from your motherboard. Though big in size, the cooler really work quitely.

The card also comes with complete set of connectors from DVI, HDMI, VGA and diplay port are available in this graphic card. If you need 2 DVI connectors, Palit included an HDMI to DVI adapter.

No S-Video

The test for this card is running smoothly. All the test given were completed succesfully. The result given by this card is also satisfactory regarding to its high-end class. Using a very high resolution and maximum detail while playing a game is very recommended as the performance of the card shouldn’t be restrained.

Conclusion:
If you’re choosing this type of graphic card make sure you have plenty of space available in your computer case. Because it consumes lots of space thanks to its cooling device. This graphic card is also very suitable for enthusiats and hard core PC gamer.

Specifications:
Chip: ATI Radeon HD 4870X2
Interface: PCI Express x16
Memori: 2 GB
Core Clock: 750 MHz
Memory Clock: 950 MHz
HDTV output: not available
DVI output: available
HDMI output: available
Jenis Memory: GDDR5
Memory interface: 512-bit
Package: HDMI to DVI Converter, CrossFire Bridge, 6 pin to 8 pin Power Converter, Driver CD, Quick Installation Guide.

Benchmark:
3DMarks Vantage : P10277
Company of Heroes DX9: 195.2
Company of Heroes DX10: 83.3
F.E.A.R.: 271
Quake 4: 194.3

This product is tested with this testbed system:
Mainstream Mobo: MSI P35-NEO2 FIR
Extreme Mobo: ASUS Maximus
ATI Graphics: Sapphire Radeon HD3870
NVIDIA Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce 8800GT
Memory: Corsair DDR2-PC6400, DDR2-PC8500, DDR3
Hard Disk: Western Digital Caviar 160GB 7200RPM, Raptor
Power Supply: Tagan 700W, 800W, 1100W
Flash Memory: Kingston UFD, SDHC, SD, MicroSD, CF
Keyboard & Mouse: Genius USB, optical
Optical Drive: AOpen DVD-RW 2012S
Cooling System: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7Pro/64Pro dan Accelero X1/X2

source CHIP Magazine.

Manli Geforce 9600OC 512MB GDDR3 Graphics Card Review

Desktop PC Hardware — Sat, 16 May 2009 02:43:43 +0000

Manli Geforce 9600OC 512MB GDDR3

This time Manli released their new product the Manli Geforce 9600OC 512MB GDDR3 to enable them compete in the mainstream market. This graphic card is using the 9600 GT chipset which had been downgraded on the stream processor from 96 core to 48 core but with overclocked core and memories.

This graphic card is already equipped with Artic Cooling HSF to overcome the heat during workload. Unfortunately it doesn’t come with steel holder to keep the graphic card straight. The effect is that the graphic card looks a bit bended, eventhough it doesn’t interfere with its performance.

The card is stable enough at testing. Chip magazine tried to test it by playing Company of Heroes with 1024 x 768 screen resolution. It can be said that the card could play the game at medium setting.

Arctic Cooling HSF

Looking at the test results it can be said the card is quick. Eventhough it only has 48 Streaming Processors the overclocking did quite an effect and overall it offers a very good performance. Another testing using CUDA shows a good performance that would make it suitable for playing with images with Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Conclusion:
The Manli Geforce 9600OC 512MB GDDR3 is a card with good performance. A good choice for its class and it comes with very good HSF.

Specifications:
Chip: NVIDIA Geforce 9600OC ™
Interface: PCI Express x16
Memori: 512 MB
Core Clock: 650 MHz
Memory Clock: 900 MHz
Shadder: 1625 Mhz
HDTV output: Available
DVI output: Available
HDMI output: Not Available
Jenis Memory: GDDR3
Memory interface: 256-bit
Package: Quick Guide, CD Driver, HDMI Donggle, DVI, Donggle, SPDIF, PCI Converter

Benchmark:
3DMarks Vantage : P4175
Company of Heroes DX9: 59.8
Company of Heroes DX10: 33.7
F.E.A.R.: 143
Quake 4: 155.7

source CHIP Magazine.

PixelView GF 9500GT 1 GB GDR2 128 BIT Graphics Card Review

Desktop PC Hardware — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:15:30 +0000

The PixelView GF 9500GT 1 GB GDR2 128 BIT comes with a generic documentation, but the documentation within the driver CD is much more comprehensive. Besides giving an instruction of how to install the card physically, it also gives how to use the nVidia control panel, the rest within the CD is DirectX 9c.

The features and the performance this card gives is not too special compared to others alike, but this card could be maximized for watching HD films that runs on HD 1080p. While testing, there were no film that had a jagged effect displayed.

PixelView GF 9500GT 1 GB GDR2 128 BIT

The results for this graphic card is satisfying and could compete evenly with rivals in its class. The 1 GB memory feels to be too much as other cards of this type could already runs very well with 512 MBs of memory.

The HSF which comes with the card have done the job very well, but it’s supported by two holder pins. So, becareful when you try to install in on a PC.

Conclusion:
If you’re choosing this card for its 1 GB of memory then it would be an unwise choice, but with its low price and performance this card is very acceptable. Unfortunately Prolink didn’t shipped the card with a stronger supporting pins.

Pros:

Cheap price

Cons:

Minimum documentation

Benchmark Results:
3DMarks Vantage : P1471
Company of Heroes DX9: 48.9
Company of Heroes DX10: 17.2
F.E.A.R.: 68
Quake 4: 74.1

Source CHIP Magazine

ECS GF 9500GT 512MB GDR3 128 BIT Graphics Card Review

Desktop PC Hardware — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:37:03 +0000

This ECS graphics card combines 32 stream processors within the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT GPU with 512 MB DDR3 memory. Ecs uses the Qimonda chip for these memories. This kind of chip is known for their overclocking capabilities.

HSF for this graphics card is very standard. It’s small and doesn’t look like other heavy-duty HSF. The SPD/IF connector for this graphic card is located at the left side of the SLI slot. Around the GPU you could see 4 pieces of DDR3 memories on each side of the card.

ECS GeForce 9500gt

Eventough the package comes with standard contents, the documentary is quite informative. Presented in four different languages the documentary also includes the way to install the card properly, how to install the SPD/IF, and the driver instalation.

The testing with games and 3DMark Vantage concluded that this graphic card is able to deliver a very good performance in its class. The HSF even though quite small does a very good job in cooling it down, even at its maksimum payload.

SPD/IF connector

In the overcloking test, the score is quite satisfiying. The core clock could be raised up to 600 MHz from the original 550 MHz. The memory clock could also be raised from 1600 MHz to 1650 MHz. The result is the performance increases by 10 percents.

Conclusion:
The product is an example of a graphic card suitable for HTPC (Home Theater Personal Computer), especially because it provides an HDMI output. The performance itself is very good, and can play older games with quite high details.

Spesifications:
Chip: NVIDIA Geforce 9500GT™
Interface: PCI Express x16
Memori: 512 MB
Core Clock: 550 MHz
Memory Clock: 1600 MHz
Shader: 1375 Mhz
HDTV output: Available
DVI output: Available
HDMI output: Available
Jenis Memory: GDDR3
Memory interface: 128-bit
Package: Quick Guide, CD Driver, HDMI Converter, DVI Converter, SPD/IF

Benchmark:
3DMark Vantage : P1991
Company of Heroes DX9: 53.3
Company of Heroes DX10: 28.2
F.E.A.R.: 78
Quake 4: 89.1

The product is tested with the following testbed system:
Mainstream Mobo: MSI P35-NEO2 FIR
Extreme Mobo: ASUS Maximus
ATI Graphics: Sapphire Radeon HD3870
NVIDIA Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce 8800GT
Memory: Corsair DDR2-PC6400, DDR2-PC8500, DDR3
Hard Disk: Western Digital Caviar 160GB 7200RPM, Raptor
Power Supply: Tagan 700W, 800W, 1100W
Flash Memory: Kingston UFD, SDHC, SD, MicroSD, CF
Keyboard & Mouse: Genius USB, optical
Optical Drive: AOpen DVD-RW 2012S
Cooling System: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7Pro/64Pro dan Accelero X1/X2

source CHIP Magazine