X-bitlabs reviews Albatron 8800GTS-512X video card
Our today’s review is devoted to another modification of an Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB graphics card. This time we are going to introduce to you the solution from Albatron and will see how attractive it proves for a potential customer.
We used to review graphics cards from Albatron in the past and praise them for original accessories, an attractive exterior, and a clever design of the cooling system, but the last device from this brand was tested in our labs as far back as 2004 when the PCI Express standard was only emerging and when the Nvidia GeForce FX architecture was about to leave the scene.
Now, four years later, we’ve finally got a new opportunity to check out a product from Albatron. It is the fastest graphics card from this brand today, Albatron 8800GTS-512X. Easy to guess, it is a version of Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB, the new top-performance single-chip graphics card that replaced Nvidia’s previous flagship GeForce 8800 GTX. We already know that the new card can deliver comparable performance at a much lower price: $229-349 as opposed to $549 and more for the senior G80-based products. It is indeed a real gift for everyone who plays modern PC games...
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