NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS Roundup - July 2000

ELSA Gladiac- Card Specs

Gladiac Specifications
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Memory	32 MB Infineon DDR SGRAM 6 Ns
Cooling	Heatsink/Fan combo
Temperature	124 F
TV-Out	Not Supported
Drivers	ELSA Custom
Highest Overclock (max core)	227/375 MHz
Highest Overclock (max memory)	220/383 MHz
Overclocking Utility	ELSA Custom
SBA State	Disabled
89 MHz AGP Bus (133 MHz BX)	Pass
99 MHz AGP Bus (148 MHz BX)	Fail
Software/Gaming Bundle	Choice of 3: Messiah, MDK 2, Viva Football (Soccer), F-16 Aggressor, Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas, Honda Silkolene Motocross GP
Estimated Street Price	$350.00 estimated retail price Found on-line for $275.00
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The ELSA Gladiac was the first GeForce 2 GTS card to hit the market, a mere 5 days after the chip's announcement. Despite the relatively old age of the Gladiac, it remains to be a very high quality GeForce 2 GTS card. Backed with a 6-year warrantee, custom driver package, a free DVI upgrade, and an optional video-out daughter card, the Gladiac is easily on par with other GeForce 2 GTS powerhouses.

As we have seen in the past from ELSA, the Gladiac remains a very quality built card. The only item of concern is its inability to work in our 148 MHz FSB BX system. Whether this is a simply a function of our specific card or of all the Gladaics out there remains to be unseen, however this aspect may deter overclockers from choosing this card as the GeForce 2 GTS card of choice.