March 24, 2005

March 24, 2005 · by John Chen

Gigabyte GV-RX80L256V Radeon X800XL Videocard Review @ PCStats

“The Gigabyte GV-RX80L256V videocard on the test bench today is a silent videocard; a unique thing for any product wearing a “Radeon” name, but there it is - not a single fan. This brand-new videocard is built from the ground up around the ATI X800 XL VPU, which is nicely hidden behind a complicated heatpipe-based passive cooling system. The X800 XL VPU has been matched with 256MB of GDDR3 RAM. The memory hums along at a full 1 GHz speed on a 256-bit wide memory controller. The GV-RX80L256V also supports TV/S-Video output as well as component out for HDTV applications.“

Gigabyte seems to be making some cool gear lately. They are the first to sport an SLI 6600GT as a single card and are beginning to use their own customized cooling for video cards. I like the heatpipe design for sure.

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