Added to the directory: Tue, 12 Jul, 2005. Source: Hexus.
Quote:The bridged card opens up the X800 XL for a well-established
market that covers a plethora of chipsets, and the Rialto bridge
doesn't appear to hurt performance at all. GeCube's eschewed the
reference design by using an in-house cooling system, although it's
not as elegant as the company's Uni-Wise implementation. Going with a
custom cooler has added extra noise over and above the reference
card's, so GeCube loses a few marks here. The card, too, is a
larger-than-normal affair, making installation into small form-factor
PCs needlessly difficult. The saving grace, as far as design is
concerned, is the inclusion of ATI's no-frills Rage Theater ASIC,
giving rise to basic VIVO functionality. The bundle makes a point of
reiterating the card's HDTV and VIVO compatibility, but, other than
that, it's strictly average.
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