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Introduction:
 ECS Elitegroup 8800GT 256MB Graphics Card |
ECS Elitegroup is no stranger to
the PC world producing a huge number of motherboards for their own line as well
as OEM. They took a small leave of absence after the introduction of their
680i-SLI motherboard series and didn't release any more enthusiast based
platforms. However, they did stay with putting emphasis on their graphics card
lines releasing some pretty decent budget and upper performing cards.
Unfortunately, we didn't get to see many, if any, here in the states... I asked
their U.S. rep why that was and it basically came down to marketing access.
Well, something must have got the gears of progress spinning because we've
started seeing more and more ECS graphics cards beyond the budget models. Enter
the
ECS Elitegroup 8800GT 256MB Graphics Card.
Why would anyone consider selling a 256MB graphics card as opposed to 512MB?
Besides affordability, they haven't completely been lacking in performance. This
is partly due to the sudden improvement in the graphics driver software as well
as some graphics BIOS revisions that have opened up the cards to more
performance. ECS has also released a new BIOS for their N8800GT 256MX PCI
Express 2.0 Graphics Card which is starting to circulate like a good free online
music album.
While I could go in to the deeper, more technical functions as to what has been
unlocked or given new wings to offer better performance, most of you are more
concerned with these questions. Why the new BIOS? (Which you already know the
answer to.) Does it work? And, what kind of performance boost do we get?
Specifications:
I can't really find the exact specs for this card on the ECS website, so here's the basics...
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NVIDIA SLI Technology |
| Delivers up to 2x the performance of a single GPU configuration for unparalleled gaming experiences by allowing two graphics cards to run in parallel. The must-have feature for performance PCI Express graphics, SLI dramatically scales performance on today's hottest games. NVIDIA SLI certified versions of select GeForce PCI Express GPUs only. |
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GigaThread™ Technology |
| Massively multi-threaded architecture supports thousands of independent, simultaneous threads, providing extreme processing efficiency in advanced, next generation shader programs |
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NVIDIA® Lumenex™ Engine |
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16X Anti-aliasing Technology 128-bit Floating Point High Dynamic-Range (HDR) Lighting |
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PCI Express 2.0 Support |
| Designed to run perfectly with the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture, offering a future-proofing bridge to tomorrow’s most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications by maximizing the 5 GT/s PCI Express 2.0 bandwidth (twice that of first generation PCI Express). |
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NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD Technology |
| The combination of high-definition video decode acceleration and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color, and precise image scaling for movies and video. |
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Dual Dual-link DVI Support |
| Able to drive two of the industry's largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600. |
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Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10.0 |
| World's first DirectX 10 GPU with full Shader Model 4.0 support delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects. |
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NVIDIA® unified architecture |
| Fully unified shader core dynamically allocates processing power to geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations, delivering up to 2x the gaming performance of prior generation GPUs. |
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NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) |
| The NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) is the foundation for the company's award-winning ForceWare drivers and delivers forward-and-backward compatibility across all implementations of NVIDIA desktop, workstation, mobile, platform, and multimedia processors. With a single driver, UDA delivers ongoing performance and feature improvements, reduced maintenance time, increased scalability, and a lower total cost of ownership. |
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NVIDIA® Quantum Effects™ Technology |
| Advanced shader processors architected for physics computation enable a new level of physics effects to be simulated and rendered on the GPU-all the while freeing the CPU to run the game engine and AI. |
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OpenGL® 2.0 Optimizations and Support |
| Ensures the best performance and application compatibility for all OpenGL applications. |
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