Examining the PowerColor X800 GTO
from the side you clearly see that it has a nice sleek
profile meaning you will not have to worry about the
video card occupying two slots on your motherboard.
Plus the fact that the card is indeed somewhat shorter
than some cards the worry of it bumping into your memory
is also eliminated. All in all it is a very well though
out card. There is also a power
connector located on the upper rear corner of the card
so the you can either use the included extension or a
cable directly off of your power supply as we did.
Test
System
Processor:
Speed:
Motherboard:
Cooling:
Memory:
Hard Drive:
CDROM:
Power Supply:
Software:
Case:
Using the big brother (X850XT PE) as
a reference to see how well the X800 GTO did in a
comparison running four different benchmarks of
Half-Life 2 I came away quite surprised to say the
least. The X800 GTO was able to hold its own at
setting even when we turned the anti-aliasing up to 4X,
though it did suffer slightly. Albeit it will
still provide a very enjoyable gaming experience for
anyone at any of these settings.
