Just got word that Geoff Gasior at the Tech Report has thrown up his review of BFG Technologies' Asylum GeForce FX 5600 256MB graphics cards! Here's a snip.
The GeForce FX 5600 should be a popular mid-range graphics product among NVIDIA's graphics partners, so consumers will likely see a lot of different incarnations of the card on store shelves. Since all GeForce FX 5600 cards will share the same graphics chip and general feature list, it will be up to third-party board manufacturers to come up with attractive features to woo potential buyers to their brands. How does BFG Technologies differentiate its Asylum GeForce FX 5600 256MB? Let's have a peek.
One interesting but slightly obscure feature of NV31 is its support for clock throttling in 2D applications. The same "Coolbits" registry hack that reveals NVIDIA's overclocking tab in its Detonator drivers also lets users set the "3D" and "2D" core clock frequencies of the GeForce FX 5600. Lowering the core's clock frequency should make the GeForce FX 5600 run a little cooler, which should help ambient case temperatures. Unfortunately, the GeForce FX 5600's cooling fan speed doesn't seem to throttle down when the card's core clock speed decreases, which means noise levels are consistent regardless of whether a user is running in "2D" or "3D" mode.
GeForceFX 5600 256 Mb Review
The GeForce FX 5600 should be a popular mid-range graphics product among NVIDIA's graphics partners, so consumers will likely see a lot of different incarnations of the card on store shelves. Since all GeForce FX 5600 cards will share the same graphics chip and general feature list, it will be up to third-party board manufacturers to come up with attractive features to woo potential buyers to their brands. How does BFG Technologies differentiate its Asylum GeForce FX 5600 256MB? Let's have a peek.
One interesting but slightly obscure feature of NV31 is its support for clock throttling in 2D applications. The same "Coolbits" registry hack that reveals NVIDIA's overclocking tab in its Detonator drivers also lets users set the "3D" and "2D" core clock frequencies of the GeForce FX 5600. Lowering the core's clock frequency should make the GeForce FX 5600 run a little cooler, which should help ambient case temperatures. Unfortunately, the GeForce FX 5600's cooling fan speed doesn't seem to throttle down when the card's core clock speed decreases, which means noise levels are consistent regardless of whether a user is running in "2D" or "3D" mode.
GeForceFX 5600 256 Mb Review
