NVIDIA GeForce FX5700 Ultra Review
II. NVIDIA FX5700 Ultra 128 Mb Video Card Features Reference board
NVIDIA FX5700 Ultra Front (*2000x1160; 406kb)
NVIDIA FX5700 Ultra Back (*2000x1182; 478kb)Well, done with the chip.. Now a few words about the card, with the most exciting at the end :-)
Cooling system:
On both sides of the card, there are NVIDIA's standard radiators - calling them "standard", we mean their exterior... or the "spirit" of the solution. Every company caring about its image and brand-awareness, installs cooling systems that offer some sort of continuity in its exterior. Remember the coolers on ASUS or GIGABYTE video cards. So NVIDIA's reference boards have their own spice - radiators with black fins as ever. Some manufacturers preserve this cooling option, some might play around with alternative solutions. Time will tell.
The solution applied provides a very effective cooling of the board. Even with the peak overclocking, you could hold your hand on it without fear of getting burnt for whatever long time.
The card is very easy to dismantle: just unscrew 6 through studs and you are there - the cooling system is removed.
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Power:
Like in previous mid- and hi-end cards by NVIDIA, the board offers an additional power connector. This time it's been positioned in the right way - horizontally. With vertical positioning, the risk of damage to the board rises essentially (e.g., one might pull up the connector by the roots while disconnecting the cable). The power supply module is made following the 2-channels scheme and has 10 capacitors for smoothing load in the peak power consumption mode.
Memory:
Samsung 2.2 ns DDR2 made up of 8 chips (4 on the front, and 4 from the rear side). The memory bus offers 128-bit organization. The nominal memory frequency is 450(900) MHz.
VIVO:
The board offers a space for installing a VIVO chip, but the chip itself in the version we got is missing.
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