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Leadtek WinFast PX7300 GS TDH 256MB DDR2

By Vincent Chang - 26 Feb 2006

The Leadtek WinFast PX7300 GS TDH 256MB DDR2

The Leadtek WinFast PX7300 GS TDH 256MB DDR2

The card itself is simple enough, a small and lightweight card made even more so by its petite PCB. As we have mentioned, the Leadtek WinFast PX7300 GS is a low-profile card. This means that its height is less than the typical graphics card, making it very suitable for small form factor casings. The only drawback of such a design is that to avoid any important output ports, Leadtek has to connect the VGA connector through the use of a cable instead of integrating it on the PCB as is the norm. Therefore, it may look a bit flimsy and cheap, rather like a network card. Nevertheless, this is a budget card and more importantly, it works well without drawbacks.

The Leadtek WinFast PX7300 GS TDH 256MB DDR2.

A small cooler is mounted on the green PCB favored by NVIDIA and Leadtek and we had no complaints about it. It is silent enough that we did not notice it for the most part and considering the low-powered, not to mention 90nm process, GPU that it cools, it should be adequate for the GeForce 7300 GS. After all, the temperatures that we recorded in our labs hovered around 40-odd degrees Celsius. Already, there are passively cooled versions on the market, which would delight those looking for an ultra silent, low-cost graphics card for their systems.

A small cooler is needed for the Leadtek but expect to find passively cooled versions in the market.

Like most low profile cards, the VGA output is implemented through a cable instead.

The Leadtek WinFast PX7300 GS was clocked at the default 550MHz for the core while its Infineon 2.5ns memory chips were running at 810MHz DDR. This was an almost negligible 10MHz DDR faster than some of the other models of GeForce 7300 GS in the market, though it seems that NVIDIA did not have a rigid standard clock speed for the memory. In short, the Leadtek WinFast PX7300 GS looks to be rather standard for its class and its performance should be indicative of the graphical prowess (or lack thereof) of the new GPU.

For its cheap price, we still get the usual array of outputs, although the package should have came with a DVI-to-VGA adaptor.

Like quite a few budget offerings, the bundle that came with the Leadtek WinFast PX7300 GS was quite austere and probably feels inadequate for a card coming from Leadtek. There is only a single cable, a versatile 9-pin mini-DIN to S-Video/Composite dongle. No applications or software are included besides the default drivers, which you will need as the latest ForceWare 81.98 drivers on NVIDIA's website does not support the GeForce 7300 GS yet. There is also no DVI-to-VGA adaptor, which is a shame as we feel that it is quite an important accessory that shouldn't cost that much anyway. To summarize, here is the 'short' list of items:

  • 9-pin mini-DIN to S-Video/Component dongle
  • User Manual
  • Quick Installation Guide
  • Driver CD
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