The Product
In the box we'll find the Albatron Gigi GeForce FX 5950 Ultra equipped with 256MB DDR memory communicating over a AGP x8/x4/x2 interface, 256 MB Hynix BGA DDR SDRAM memory can be found on both PCB sides. This memory is clocked at 475 (950) MHz, the GPU at 475 MHz, this product has a 256-bit memory bus. Furthermore it sports D-Sub, TV-out and DVI Ports. Although the overview of the board, ramsinks and cooling solution would suggest otherwise the board is 100% based on NVIDIA's reference design.
The card as stated has Wise Fan technology mounted on it, we can notice a nice decorative bright blue LED which emits light to it's ambient surroundings. The cooling solution is very nice to look at, also it's small in size, the PCI slot below the graphics card is free to use yet blocked a little by the fans. On the back we can see one huge heatsink that covers the memory chips with that fantastic peak bandwidth of over 30 GB per second.
Installation
It's really not hard to install a graphics card yourself nowadays. Especially with brands like ATI and NVIDIA who use unified driver sets. If you have a really new product then make sure you have the latest drivers on your HD. First uninstall your current graphics cards drivers carefully, this is very important especially if the older graphics was from a different chipset manufacturer. Now power down the PC and pull out the power cable. Insert the graphics card in the slot, boot up windows, run the driver installation, then restart and you are set to go. That's all. Also important, make sure you have the latest version of DirectX (9) installed.
The Bundle
In the box we'll find a nice selection of software: CD with driver software, Cyberlink PowerDirector 2.5 ME, PowerDVD XP, Duke Nuke'em Manhattan Project, and a CD with 5 demo versions of games. Besides software we'll find a good Manual, SVideo-to-RCA adapter and Video in/out breakout box. All in all a good package yet Albatron needs to revise it's gamepack. Oh and I have say this, the box itself looks fantastic. It's kind of holographic embossed, what a cool design. I need to state that we are testing the 5950 UV version which has Video-in and outputs (VIVO), that explains the extensive software package.
Bundled with the graphics card
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