XFX GF 8800GTX XXX Overclocked Video Card Review :: XFX GF 8800GTX 630M 768M Dual DVI TV XXX Edition Card

XFX GeForce 8800 GTX
Brand	XFX
Model	GeForce 8800 GTX
Graphics Chip	G80
Graphics Memory Type	GDDR3
Memory (MB)	768
Graphics Core Clock (MHz)	630
Memory Clock (MHz)	2000
Memory Speed (ns)	1.0
RAMDAC Frequency (MHz)	Dual 400
Active Cooling on Graphics Chip	Yes
Heatsink on Memory	Yes
Video Capture	Yes
Ports
Dual Monitor Support	Yes
VGA Out	DVI-Ix2
Video In and Out	S-Video Out
Package and Support
Printed Manual	Yes
Driver CD	Yes
Performance Tool Software	nTune
Major Games	None
Major Software	None
VR Glasses	No
DVD Player Software	None
Video Recording Software	N/A

The XFX GF 8800GTX 630M 768M Dual DVI TV XXX Edition card is similar in look to the reference clocked 8800GTX from XFX in many ways. One of the concerns with the 8800 GTX is that it is a long card, being over 23CM in length. I thought the 7900GTX was a long card but the 8800GTX is over an inch longer in length

Card Front

Cooling Fan

PCI Express

Card bottom

Rear of Card

One change from the XFX 8800GTX 575M card is the color of the PCB is now green like early NVIDIA based graphics cards. The black PCB was so popular that they ran out. The 8800GTX is a 2-slot card, meaning you will need an adjacent slot to the PCI Express x16 slot to install it free. If you want SLIed 8800GTXs make sure that there area four slots free.

PCI Express power

The 8800GTX is a bit of a power-hungry monster. Two of them in SLI mode requires 750W PSUs or greater, as recommended by NVIDIA. The XFX card has two PCI Express power connectors, meaning that you'll likely require at least a good-quality 600W PSU to run a single 8800GTX and a 850W PSU to run two (No PSU on NVIDIA's SLI certified list is less than 850W).

Capacitors

IO

The 8800GTX has two Dual-Link DVI-I connectors for monitor connections. With the performance of the 8800GTX this allows the 8800 to drive two of the Dell 3007 30” LCD monitors at a resolution of 2560x1600 each. You can also use any combination of two LCD, two CRT with included adapters, a LCD+CRT or a HDTV as your primary monitor to play games on the HDTV.

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