ECS GeForce 8800 GT

Closer Look:

    At first glance, the ECS GeForce 8800 GT looks like any other 8800 GT card, with the exception of the unique cooler instead of the reference single slot cooler many other 8800 GTs have. ECS went with a blue PC board for the 8800 GT and added a custom cooler for maximum cooling and overclocking.  

   There are two DVI ports, which support up to a 2560x1600 resolution, and an S-Video out. The back of the card has the 6-pin PCI Express power connector to provide the aditional power the card needs to run efficiently. The ECS GeForce 8800 GT is a PCI Express 2.0 card and supports DirectX 10.0, Shader Model 4.0, and OpenGL 2.0 and is SLi capable with another 8800 GT video card using an SLi bridge.

 

    Stripping off the coolers, we can get a better look at the memory and the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). The memory is made by Qimonda and runs at 700MHz for the stock speeds, which is 200MHz less than a reference 8800 GT, and on a 256-bit memory bus. Will this drop in speed hurt the performance? The GPU is based on the nVidia G92 core and runs at 600MHz, which is on par for a stock 8800 GT. But wait, all of the memory spaces are filled? So is there actually 512MB there onboard? Under the tail end of the heatsink you can see where the voltage regulation occurs providing the raw power to the GPU and memory to make the video card work.

Specifications:

Chipset	nVidia G92
GPU Speed	600MHz
Memory	256MB / 512MB with BIOS update
Memory Bus	256 bit
Memory Type	GDDR3
Card Dimensions	Low Profile with ATX Bracket
Bus Type	PCI Express 2.0
Bus Speed	x16
Connections	Dual DVI, S-Video
PureHD	Yes
SLi capable	Yes

Features:

• Features 112 stream processors and an impressive 256-bit frame buffer.
• Depth of Field (DOF) enables in-game "Focus" effects.
• nVidia SLi ready.
• Supports nVidia PureHD for outstanding Blu-Ray and HD DVD movie quality.
• Next Generation PCI Express 2.0 technology.
• RoHS Compliant.