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Inno3D Tornado GeForce FX 5900 - 128mb
by Dean Barker (9/10/2003)
Introduction From the talk, gossip, rumors and conjecture online, you are going to need one tough system and graphics card to run Doom III at a playable frame rate. The NVidia line of graphics cards are broken up into three segments; the 5200/ultra that are the equivalent of the older MX line, the 5600/ultra line which are the modern day equivalent to the Ti-4200 of the old GF4 line and the 5900/Ultra line which is the tip of the NVidia performance sword. The lower the performance, the more likely you are going to be to cussing in a few months after picking up a new title. As performance increases so does price unfortunately. That is what makes the GeForce FX 5600/Ultra cards so attractive an option for many. Dropping $150-$200 on a VGA card stings but nowhere near as bad as the sting you will feel spending $400 + on a 5900 Ultra. The 5600 may or may not have the beans needed to give the card a good lifespan for rock'n frame rates with the new games coming down the pike (Doom III et al.) So what's a person to do? You are stuck between paying $175 give or take and north of $400 depending on if you go with the 5600 Ultra or the 5900 Ultra. Enter the GeForce 5900. Most 5900 cards can be had slightly under $300. This is a nice middle ground to get some more horsepower under your PC's hood without cutting out two meals a day to save enough green for its bigger brother. Today we're going to take a look at the GeForce FX 5900 solution from Inno3D. Thanks go to Inno3D for making this review possible. On to the spec sheet. Specifications
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