CARDEXpert 32MB VIVO Golden Sample

Today we will be looking at a product from Gainward. It's the 32MB SDRAM based CARDEXpert 32MB VIVO Golden Sample. Why a golden sample ? Well look at the picture and later on I'll tell you something about the memory that has been equipped on this videocard.

The card itself is based upon the GeForce2 MX 400 chipset, yes another nVIDIA product. Somehow it reminds me somewhat of ATi's All-in-Wonder range of products as the card is very versatile with VIVO (Video in and Out).

256-bit NVIDIA GeForce2 MX-400 GPU (graphics processing unit)
Two VGA connectors plus S-video-in/out, bundled with software for DVD video recording and DVD playback and video editing software
Integrated T&L engine
Sigle-pass multi-texturing, 4 texels/clock
20M triangles/s., up to 700M texels/s.
AGP 4x with Fast Writes
32MB 4.0ns SDRAM, 128-bit frame buffer
350 MHz DAC supports crisp resolutions up to 2048x1536 @ 75 Hz
Advanced 3D rendering, special effects in hardware including bump mapping, texture modulation, light maps, reflection maps, environmental maps, procedural textures
32 bit Z/Stencil-buffer identifies and eliminates hidden portions of the scenes which allows for faster loading
High-Quality HDTV processor, full-motion video playback acceleration, sustaining fast frame rates for Direct-Show, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and Indeo.
Driver support for Microsoft Windows 95/98/2000/ME, Microsoft Windows NT3.5/4.0, DirectX and Open GL ICD guarantees compatibility also with future applications.