Albatron FX5700U3

     For us overclockers, we are always trying to find the hottest products that we can get the most of an overclock. We all try and find the best steppings of CPU's, part numbers on memory modules, and the best revision of a particular motherboard. This kind of strategy is probably one of the best tried and true ways of getting real pleasure out of knowing you can get the best bang for the buck. Sometimes I think that value is the whole basis for overclocking, but then again I also know that when overclocking got started, overclockers didn't even attempt to acknowledge flagship products like we do today, mostly due to the expense involved. Well, that's all kind of how it is, and how it went, until a small company called Albatron came along with their TI4200 Turbo series of video cards. What I assume Albatron's philosophy consisted of was to take the best binned memory modules, put it together with a well engineered PCB and sell it for slightly more than a regular Ti4200. What Albatron created with that card was a lot of respect, not from its attractive overall packaging, but from its ability to overclock like crazy. Well Albatron hasn't seemed to abandon that philosophy, and regardless of the fact that the FX series is a bit dated, I'm here to let you know that this thing just nips at the heels of a 9800 Pro. Lets dive a little deeper...

Specifications

Graphics Engine:
GeForce FX 5700 ULTRA

Memory Size:
128MB DDR III

Memory Bus:
128bit

Engine Clock:
475MHz

RAMDAC:
950MHz

Max. Resolution:
2048x1536@85Hz

Bus Standard:
AGP 8X/4X

VGA Output:
Yes

TV-out:
Yes

VIVO (Video-in. Video Out):
No

DVI:
Yes

WIN DVD Creator:
Yes

3D GAMES:
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project Game Pack