Computex 2003 - Day 2: Motherboard and Video Coverage
by Evan Lieb on September 23, 2003 11:34 AM EST- Posted in
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Gainward
Normally, Gainward isn’t known for anything other than video cards, but today we learned they had quite a bit to offer in terms of variation in product range.
What you see above is Gainward’s $1000 water-cooled GeForce FX 5900 Ultra video card. The water pipes themselves are produced by Eheim, with Stammham actually manufacturing this beast. Supposedly, with this setup Gainward claims that a core clock speed of 500MHz and a memory speed of 1000MHz (1GHz) are possible. This is certainly an impressive overclock of sorts to be able to reach, but we think that both the price tag and the GeForce FX’s performance in DX9 games is so lacking that a product like this is simply without any steam.
The “Hollywood@Home” sound card is Gainward’s official entry into the PCI add-in sound card market. This card is based on the 7.1 channel sound controller from VIA, dubbed the Envy 24HPT, and is capable of sample rates of up to 24-bit/96KHz through optical SPDIF. Overall, after listening to this sound card with an excellent set of Klipsch Promedia 5.1 speakers, we can say that its sound fidelity was absolutely superb, even if it wasn’t the best we’ve heard from a PCI sound card before.
Among some of the other, less exciting, products Gainward had on display were wireless cards in the 802.11b and 802.11g format. Their 802.11g wireless card will be shipping later this year.
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Evan Lieb - Thursday, September 25, 2003 - link
We just posted Day 3, and I'll probably be posting Day 4 within the next few hours.Take care,
Evan
Anonymous User - Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - link
where's computex day 3? thanks for the coverage so far by the way.Anonymous User - Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - link
Gygabye's website doesn't show any GV-R96PT28DU card in it's model lineup yet.That is the number shown below the card on the photo
We'll have to wait.
Anonymous User - Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - link
#1, not sure what you're saying.Anonymous User - Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - link
Where can i get that sweet overclocked gigabyte card! I searched the junk outah it and still can't find it and help is much appreciated.AgaBooga - Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - link
Mmmm.... SFF! Tasty!Anonymous User - Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - link
Um, Asus and MSI switching to ATI, has the world gone topsy turvy?nVidia now has an official reason to panic.
That's only their two top tier manufacturers.
Anonymous User - Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - link
Again, missing posts from Anand Lal Shimpi.