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Leadtek WinFast PX7900 GS TDH Extreme (GeForce 7900 GS)

By Vincent Chang - 22 Sep 2006

Conclusion

Conclusion

What more can we say about the virtues of the Leadtek WinFast PX7900 GS TDH Extreme? If you have gone through our observations with a fine needle, you would have heard about its advantages in clock speeds over the generic model and hence know all about the performance boost. You would have learnt about the addition of HDCP support, a sensible decision for a high-end card that could probably last a couple of years. There is the relatively quiet and solid aluminum cooler that, unlike the reference version, takes care of the memory chips too. Then, there is the excellent bundle of games and applications, all of which are relevant and current.

Leadtek has a deserved reputation for offering value and performance in the same package and its WinFast PX7900 GS TDH Extreme is no different.

Of course, we could nitpick on the bland, boring looks of the Leadtek, like the same old green PCB that pales in comparison to the more exotic colors of other brands. But that would be superficial and Leadtek refuses to sink to that level to earn your dollar. Instead, the cost savings from not having exterior eye candy seems to have been rightfully passed on to the consumers. A price of S$379 is not only competitive with other overclocked, special editions, it is in fact not too far from a standard GeForce 7900 GS. Considering the default performance gains of up to 10% over the reference clocks, we would not hesitate to recommend the Leadtek.

Moreover, the Leadtek WinFast PX7900 GS TDH Extreme surpassed the GeForce 7900 GT in our benchmarks, showing that clock speeds can indeed overcome the fewer pipelines on the GeForce 7900 GS. While the GeForce 7900 GT may be easing out of the market soon, there are still stocks of these cards available but the Leadtek removes any reasons for getting these older cards. After all, it is not only faster, but is even cheaper than the standard GeForce 7900 GT cards. Between its excellent performance, bundle and attractive pricing, we have no qualms about recommending this overclocked GeForce 7900 GS as an excellent bargain.

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