PowerColor X1800 GTO Graphics Card Review
Digital Reviews has reviewed PowerColor X1800 GTO Graphics Card. The product comes with the usual driver CD, a Quick Installation guide, as well as a CD containing a bunch of CyberLink software. This includes PowerDVD, PowerProducer, Power2Go, PowerDVD Copy, MusicMatch, MediaShow, PowerDirector, and PowerBackup. I would recommend checking out CyberLink's product website for more information about these specific products. Unfortunately, I was a bit disappointed that the product did not come with any additional games.
With graphics cards becoming more powerful, it is to no surprise that graphics cards are getting larger. Compared with older graphics cards, this one is a bit heavier and longer. There is the typical aluminum heatsink covering the majority of the board with small fan behind it. There is the recognizable 'Ruby' character holding a sword on the heatsink.
Looking at the side of the card are two DVI ports as well as an SVideo port. The two DVI ports potentially allow you to hook up two monitors to the card to allow a dual display. Do not worry if you don't have a monitor with a DVI port or not. There is an included DVI to VGA converter to allow you connect any monitor to the card.
With a retail price of $250, the X1800 GTO is a reasonable price. On the other hand, the X1800 XT is $50 at a retail price of $300 which offers significant performance because of 16 pixel shaders as opposed to the 12 pixel shaders on the GTO. On the other hand, you get a graphics card in the X1800 series which has support for pixel shader 3.0 and HDR.
Rating:7/10
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