Gainward BLISS 7600GS PCX TV-DVI Golden Sample Goes Like Hell

Advantages: Good price Excellent mid-range card Overclocks well
Disadvantages: Bad manual

...Nvidia have really hit the sweet spot with this one! Seeing the gap in the market for a sub-£200 £150-plus card, they released the 6800GS based on the NV42 core at around £160, with 1.8nano second memory, and 256mb of it. This card was fast as it was, but Gainward took it a step surther, doubling the memory size and making the speed of it 1.2ns. This is hard to explain but in summary it mean that the memory can be overcloked further than the BLISS' already overclocked 1300MHz. The package is great, including PowerDVD and a VIVO cable with S-Video, RGB and Composite connectors. All this at a sub £170 price! The only gripe I had was the manual, which was lazy and generic, describing a different version of cards. All in All though, for a mid-range card, it's the best on the market.... Read review

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Advantages: Silent, Excellent performance, Great Ram
Disadvantages: none

...This is one great card, a bargain at the price, and you just cant go past a GT with a passive heatsink and GDDR3 Ram. I bought this 256Mb Card, after previously owning the budget 7600GS, thinking it would be a small improvement, well let me set the record straight by saying that for the small price difference (approx 30%) over the budget card, you get a bunch more bang for your buck. First and foremost the Ram on the card is DDR3, giving better timings, faster speeds, and lower temperatures. Which is ideal because this card is passively cooled by an oversized heatsink (the heatsink is the size of the whole card) and the card takes up two slots for heat ventilation so make sure you have a spare PCI slot next to your PCI-Express slot. Performance wise the card is very impressive, the core is clocked at GT Speeds, and even allows... Read review

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Advantages: high performance at low price
Disadvantages: Instructions not clear

...Not being too sure on the quality of Gainward I was hesitant in buying this card but was swayed by the price and performance ratings. This time I won't go into the basics and history and go straight in to the review of the card. ~ The Package ~ Mine came in the exact box next to the title, it's a large box and the card is then encased within another box so I would say is well protected. In the box came the card and all the cables you need for standard monitor or digital and power. ~ The Card ~ At first sight I was quite impressed, it has a red PCB and black heat sink and fan with a large mesh type casing around it. Normally I would rip off the stock heatsink and fan and replace it with a high performance one, no need to here as it cools the card very well. I noticed straight away that it has dual DVI but it... Read review

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