XFX GeForce 7950 GT 570M Extreme Video Card

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XFX GeForce 7950 GT 570M Extreme Video Card

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XFX GeForce 7950 GT 570M Extreme Video Card

The GeForce 7950 GT is the latest addition to the GeForce 7 family and Legit Reviews has had the pleasure to take a look at the retail version of the card by XFX. The XFX GeForce 7950 GT 570M Extreme in unique in the sense that it comes with overclocked core and memory clocks of 570MHz and 730MHz and a passive cooling solution. Came see how the GeForce 7950 GT stacks up against the lasted cards from both ATI and NVIDIA.

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When XFX designed the GeForce 7950 GT 570M Extreme they took the NVIDIA reference design and overclocked it just a bit, which is nothing new to the graphics card industry. XFX then went against the flow and used a passive cooling solution on the overclocked card! The end result was music to our ears. The 570M Extreme is a truly silent graphics card that can play all the latest game titles without the roar of a fan. Even though the card is overclocked we found it to consume less energy than other cards in its class and it passed the 'light test' as our ceiling lights didn't dim when the card was being used under full load.


Article Title: XFX GeForce 7950 GT 570M Extreme Video Card
Article URL: http://legitreviews.com/article/390/1/
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A high end card that's completely silent at a price that doesn't make you feel like you've been taken for a ride. Finally someone is paying attention!
My biggest complaint with NVIDIA cards has been to get a decent quiet cooler you had to buy the big dog 7900 GTX.
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Post by liqnit »

Great article
this card sure does a great job in keeping your play expreince with complete quiet!!
and even better one less to worry about...
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... it passed the 'light test' as our ceiling lights didn't dim when the card was being used under full load.
You guys are the best!

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Nice info. Looks like my next card..once the price comes down 8) This brings up the queston of the viability of SLi if the GPU folks keep churning out new models and stop production of other models. MOST gamers would want to upgrade a year or so later to a secound card (SLi) but it's a crap shoot if you wait longer then that. :? I know folks with 7800 models who are having a hard time finding affordable ones:(

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Baddad53 wrote:I know folks with 7800 models who are having a hard time finding affordable ones:(
That's a good point... when NVIDIA moves on the card becomes EOL (end of life) and they produce the next generation cards. Usually they become cleared off the shelves quickly and those that are left are at retailers that paid full price for them and can't sell them for a big lose, so the prices remain high... great point.
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