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Author: Michael (Oreo) Falcon
Date: 12-11-01
Subject: Video Card
Manufacturer: Gainward
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Affordable doesn't have to mean slow.
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Recently I came across a company that has developed an economical solution for those gamers who do not want to make the BIG move to the GeForce3 class of video cards. Gainward is a video card manufacturer that was founded in 1984 with a commitment to developing the most advanced graphic accelerators in the industry while insuring the highest possible level of customer satisfaction. Gainward is a leading manufacturer of video graphic accelerators for the consumer and professional markets. Gainward's product line included Video Graphic Accelerators, MPEG card, Video Capture cards and TV Tuners. Gainward is committed to producing an affordable product without sacrificing quality. As a company, Gainward's vision of the future is not to keep up with technology but to lead the way.
The economical solution I'm referring to is the Gainward GeForce2 Ti 500/XP Golden Sample. This video card is based on the nVidia GeForce2 chip that has undergone a few improvements. The new GeForce2 Ti 200 is basically an upgrade to the current GeForce2 Pro cards. Ti stands for Titanium and the 200 in the name represents the memory clock of the card. So where does Gainward get the 500 from? Well hang in there, as later all will be revealed. The core speed has been bumped to 250mhz and the memory running 200mhz DDR is effectively 400mhz. The new Ti 200 supports all the features of the previous GeForce2 family but now sports improved fill rates and triangles/sec.
Gainward has blessed the Ti 500/XP with 64megs of 4.0ns DDR memory. Memory speed translates bandwidth and this translates into frame rates. In this case, as with most, the faster the better. Gainward has a history of running fast memory starting back with the release of their original GeForce2 GTS/400. At the time Gainward was using 5.0ns memory while the nVidia reference boards were sporting 6.0ns memory. Gainward's GTS was smoking most benchmarks and the headroom of the 5.0ns memory was unmatched at the time.
© 2001 Michael (Oreo) Falcon
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