XFX 512MB 7800GTX Video Card Review :: The Bundle

• XFX 7800GTX 512MB card
• Far Cry
• MotoGP
• X2: The Threat
• 2 DVI-I to D-Sub adapters
• One S-Video TV Out cable
• One Composite TV out cable
• One S-Video to HDTV out cable
• One 6-pin PCI Express power cable

One trend that I welcome with video card manufacturers today is the inclusion of games in bundles. I remember the first video card I purchased, a Diamond Monster3D Voodoo card. That card came with 20 games and game demos. XFX decided to include X2: The Threat, Far Cry, MotoGP2. XFX is one of the companies that is bundling Call of Duty 2 with their 7800GT and GTX cards, but it currently is not included with the 512MB version.

Driver install page

Trial Games

Tenomichi 3D

Video Drivers

Game CDs

Hardware Bundle

Hardware-wise, the card comes with VIVO functionality built in. You can use a HDTV with the included S-Video cable with HDTV out and you can use the Composite and S-Video TV Out cables if needed. The inclusion of the 6-pin power cable is a necessity since the PCI Express X16 slot doesn't provide near enough power to the 7800GTX card. NVIDIA says power draw is about 120W, 20W more than the 256MB GeForce 7800GTX 256MB.

Standard 3D Clocks

Overclocked

Video card information

NVIDIA has released a new driver in conjunction with the launch of the 7800GTX 512MB card on their website, the 81.94 WHQL Forceware. The drivers CD XFX provided with the card doesn't work with the card, as the drivers don't have the correct Device ID for the 512MB version of the card. For these reasons, I used the reference drivers 81.89 provided to me by NVIDIA and they should be available with the cards sold. The XFX card overclocked to 603MHz for the core/1.77GHz for the memory an impressive overclock.