Gainward FX 5800 U review

[oldfart]

This is the Gainward card that is ~ 7 - 9 dB quieter than the nV reference cooler. They also go through some image quality comparisons. Read it here

 

[oldfart]

Bump for people looking for a slightly less noisy 5800 U

 

[CurtCold]

Nice review, they still were pretty harsh on the Card in the review...


Overview for those who haven't read, or aren't going too.....

Unless you are a die hard Nvidia fan, buy a 9700, or 9800 pro.

 

[BFG10K]

It's good to see an effort being made but it still seems to have problems with heat and crashing, even with the heavily modified cooling. Problems like that just add to the general "flakiness" of the design.

 

[nemesismk2]

I think the FX5800 is just a poor video card, probably explains why I'm still using my Gainward GF4 Ti4600 in my main pc and a XFX FX5200 in my 2nd computer (much better 2D than my old gf4mx440).