in lieu of an SLI add-in.
The Gigabyte 240 512MB DDR5 HDMI card is an interesting card that would have made A GREAT addition to NVIDIA’s lineup just a year ago. Its job was to replace the 9600GT in NVIDIA’s lineup and I think it has succeeded in having playable frame rates in most games on the market today including Left 4 Dead 2, and HAWX. The card retails for $99 and is available immediately from major retailers and should be available at the time of this review.
The choice of buying a $99 card or a slightly more expensive card with more features and performance is always hard to make, but this card does the job it is supposed to and the argument about spending a little more money is always hard in these economic times. Gigabyte has followed the reference design in terms of clock speeds and the card is really close to the reference designed cards by ATI with the addition of their own fan assembly. The lack of any SLI support is the one true negative of this card as trading SLI for DX 10.1 is not a great tradeoff for most gamers, due mainly to the fact that hardly any games are out that even support 10.1, while SLI is a solid feature. You can however use this card as a dedicated PhysX card in lieu of an SLI add-in.
