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Asus 8800GTS Top 512MB review

8800 Ultra performance from a £200 card? Shirley, you jest?

Our Score 4.5

Last reviewed: 2008-02-14February 14th 2008

Price at launch £216.00
Features DirectX 10 Support / 7% faster than Generic GeForce 8800GTS 512M‚HDCP compliant‚NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology‚NVIDIA Quantum Technology
Accessories Quick Installation Guide‚ CD Wallet‚ 7 Pin S-Video to HDTV (YprPb) Lead‚ Power Splitter (2x4pin to 6pin)‚ Driver CD‚ Multi-Language Manual CD‚ DVI-I to VGA Converter
Additional Information OpenGL Support: 2.0, Engine Clock: 740MHz,
Warranty Length 3 Years
OS Requirements Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP
Connectivity 2 x DVI-I, VGA
Graphics Interface Type PCI Express x16
Graphics Memory (Mb) 512
Graphics Memory Speed (GHz) 2.07
Graphics Memory Type DDR3
Max Supported Resolution 2560 x 1600
RAMDACs 400

Product Summary

8800GTS TOP 512MB

Price at launch

£216.00

For

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Overclocking headroom

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Half the price of the cheapest Ultra

Against

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No triple SLI

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