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Inno3D Tornado GeForce FX 5700 Ultra - 128mb What you get Included with
the Inno3D Tornado card is an S-Video cable, DVI to VGA adapter, user manual and
a slew of software. Inno3D's software bundle has matured since our first
Inno3D review. Included with the 5700 Ultra you will find a driver and
utility CD; a demo copy of 3D Mark 2003; a full version of Commandos 3; demo
versions of Yager , Lock on , Praetorians
and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4; as well as a copy of WinDVD's software DVD player
and WinDVD Creator. All in all not a bad bundle.
The card The Inno3D Tornado is a good sized card. Measuring 215mm in length, this is one long card. Aluminum heatsinks adorn both the front and rear of the card. More on this shortly.
The slot side of the card packs your standard VGA out as well as a DVI out and S-Video out. Opposite this we find the four pin Molex power connector required to keep the NV35 chip powered properly.
The heatsink on the Inno3D 5700 Ultra is especially sharp looking. The black anodized aluminum brings out the labeling on the top side of the cooler. The fan you see is a 45mm number that we discovered is UV reactive in addition to there being a blue LED to illuminate it.
The front and back of the cooler are attached together partially by push pins. Removing the outermost four allowed the rear aluminum plate to be removed leaving only two push pins on opposite sides of the cooling fan holding the top plate on. Once both sections were removed, I was surprised to find thermal pads used as the interface material between the GPU/memory chips and the coolers. Nothing wrong with TIM pads just I prefer paste myself.
The GPU did have a drop of thermal paste spread on the insure proper mating between it and the heatsink. The GPU itself was polished to a high shine that unfortunately the pic below does not do justice to.
Pg. 1 - Introduction
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