| Gigabyte X700 Pro |
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| Brand | Gigabyte |
| Model | GV-RX70P256V |
| Graphics Chip | X700 Pro |
| Graphics Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Memory (MB) | 256 |
| Graphics Core Clock (MHz) | 420 |
| Memory Clock (MHz) | 432 |
| Memory Speed (ns) | 2 |
| RAMDAC Frequency (MHz) | Dual 400 |
| Active Cooling on Graphics Chip | No |
| Heatsink on Memory | Yes |
| Video Capture | Yes |
| Ports | |
| Dual Monitor Support | Yes |
| VGA Out | DVI-I, D-Sub |
| Video In and Out | TV Out |
| Package and Support | |
| Printed Manual | Yes |
| Driver CD | Yes |
| Performance Tool Software | V-Tuner II |
| Major Games | Thief: Dark Shadows, Joint Operations |
| Major Software | Power Director 3 ME |
| VR Glasses | No |
| DVD Player Software | PowerDVD |
| Video Recording Software | N/A |
The first thing I noticed upon opening the box of the card was the cooling. Gigabyte installed a heat sink covering the VPU and a small portion of the PCB instead of a cooling fan and heat sink found on other cards. The card also has a heat pipe going from the VPU to the rear heat sink covering the majority of the back of the card. Passive cooling on a video card is something I wish more manufacturers would use on their cards as it can cut down on the noise put out by the system. There's a cool logo on the front of the heatsink of a fire with a picture of Gigabyte's demon right over the graphics chip.
The Gigabyte GV-RX70P256V is clocked at 420 MHz. The card has 8 pixel pipelines, giving a maximum theoretical fill rate of 3.36 Gigapixels a second. There are 8 32MB memory chips of Samsung K4J55323QF-GC20 memory. This memory is rated at 2ns or a maximum of 500MHz. Gigabyte clocked the memory at 432MHz giving a maximum memory bandwidth of 13.824GB per second. The input/outputs available on the side of the bracket include the standard D-Sub, DVI-I and TV Out ports. Gigabyte includes an ATI Rage Theater chip for multimedia functions.
Gigabyte has included their new passive cooling technology called Silent Pipe on the RX70P256V card. This technology works by using a liquid filled heat pipe to transmit the heat generated by the graphics chip to the other side of the card. The water resulting from the steam caused by the heat is then sent back to the graphics chip to start the process all over again. One thing to note is that the heat sink gets very warm in normal operation, but I noticed no crashes or problems while testing the card. Further, the CPU fan also contributes to this because the heat is coming out on the side where the CPU fan is cooling.
