Gainward DVD VCR Combo 7300GT User Manual

COMPUTERS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS COMMUNICATIONS  
Reviewed  
>>  
Challenging  
For The  
Top Spot  
Inno3D GeForce 7300GT  
BY LESTER CO & VINCENT CHANG  
By now, there is no need for introductions when it  
comes to the newest NVIDIA kid on the block - the  
GeForce 7300 GT. We have seen the GPU blaze  
through the tests with Gainward's Bliss. But before  
we talk of results, we must stress that NVIDIA  
designed the GeForce 7300 GT to be very flexible  
in terms of core clock and memory type and clock  
with their vendors’ implementation. The result: a  
boom in creativity where we find NVIDIA partners  
with a myriad of variants.  
InterVideo DVD applications are located. There  
weren’t any games bundled and we also found the  
accessories rather skimpy but, then again, this was  
a typical sight in value products.  
increment in the core and memory frequencies and  
it dropped out of 3DMark06 halfway through the  
stress test. This observation alone shouldn’t deter  
consumers from placing this card in their shortlist.  
As we predicted for 3DMark 2005, the Gainward and  
Inno3D were within 2 - 4% of each other, with the  
Gainward taking the lead. The ranking of the cards  
remained unchanged for 3DMark06 too but  
nevertheless, the Gainward maintained its slender  
lead over the Inno3D.  
While the Inno3D name may have a reputation for  
budget quality, with a price of PhP 4,495, it’s definitely  
got an edge - even a small one - over the competition  
here especially since its performance closely rivals  
the Gainward Bliss 7300GT and even surprises us by  
including dual DVI-D.  
Inno3D has armed its GeForce 7300 GT (yes, it’s got  
a boring name) with very capable hardware that's  
almost the equal of the Gainward Bliss 7300 GT PCX.  
Crucially, this includes 256MB of DDR3 memory  
clocked at 1400MHz. This is 100MHz faster than the  
Gainward and has a latency of 1.4ns, similar to those  
found with 7600 GTs. The core is clocked at the  
higher end of the spectrum for a GeForce 7300 GT  
at 500MHz, though still 50MHz behind the Gainward.  
Another rare treat with the Inno3D is the inclusion  
of two DVI outputs and that deserves two thumbs  
up in our book. Targeted for the budget mainstream  
market, we didn't really expect much out of this  
card’s bundle, and as expected, there wasn't much  
in the packaging. Users will find only a single disc,  
where the graphics drivers and some rather dated  
SPECIFICATIONS  
In our game tests, there wasn't much to separate  
the Gainward and Inno3D cards in the following  
benchmarks involving Splinter Cell and Unreal  
Tournament. Both cards had almost identical scores  
and were indisputably the faster cards for these two  
benchmarks. Moving on to Quake 4, again there  
was hardly any difference between the top two and  
the honors went equally to both the Gainward and  
the Inno3D. It is interesting to note that the higher  
memory clock of the Inno3D had more impact on  
its performance when anti-aliasing was enabled as  
we saw the Inno3D edging out the Gainward.  
GPU  
Memory  
Interfaces  
Bus  
Price  
Dual  
256MB  
DDR3  
PCI  
GeForce  
7300GT  
PhP  
Express  
DVI-D  
4,495  
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT  
ASIC: G73  
Core clock: 500MHz  
Memory: 1400MHz (1.4ns) 128-bit 256MB DDR3  
Transistors: 177 Million  
Vertex pipelines: 5  
Pixel pipelines: 8  
Video output: Dual DVI-D, mini-DIN (for video out)  
Interface: PCI Express x16  
Bundle: 1 x DVI-to-VGA adapter, 9-pin mini-DIN to Component dongle, S-Video to  
Composite cable, User Manual, Quick Installation Guide, Driver CD, InterVideo WinDVD,  
InterVideo WinDVD Creator  
Warranty: 1 year  
Contact: Axis Global Technologies Inc.  
Tel. No.: (632) 724-3340  
There is no overclocking headroom for this card. The  
Inno3D even failed on even a minor 10MHz  
RESULTS  
HWM’S VERDICT  
Features: 7.5  
Performance: 9.0  
Value: 9.0  
3DMark 2005 Pro  
3DMark 2006  
1024 x 768  
No FSAA/AF  
4661  
4789  
3773  
1024 x 768  
4x FSAA/8x AF  
3810  
1280 x 1024  
No FSAA/AF  
3765  
1280 x 1024  
4x FSAA/ 8x AF  
2991  
3048  
2321  
1024 x 768  
No FSAA/AF  
2879  
2986  
2547  
1280 x 1024  
No FSAA/AF  
2309  
2401  
2074  
Synthetic Test  
Inno3D GeForce 7300 GT 256MB DDR3  
Gainward Bliss 7300GT PCX 256MB DDR3  
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 256MB  
9.0  
Out of 10  
7300GTs around.  
Package bunde is  
slightly lacking though.  
3870  
2920  
3898  
3169  
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory 1.3  
1024 x 768 1280 x 1024  
Unreal Tournament 2004 ( AS-Convoy)  
1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 1024 x 768  
Quake 4  
Game Test  
1280 x 1024  
1024 x 768  
1280 x 1024  
SM3.0 HDR / 8x AF SM3.0 HDR / 8x AF 4x FSAA / 8x AF 4x FSAA / 8x AF HQ, No FSAA/8x AF HQ, No FSAA/8x AF HQ, 4x FSAA/ 8x AF HQ, 4x FSAA/ 8x AF  
One of the faster  
Inno3D GeForce 7300  
Gainward Bliss 7300GT  
NVIDIA GeForce 7600  
40  
42  
34  
29  
30  
25  
86  
86  
78  
83  
83  
72  
84  
86  
66  
62  
64  
47  
58  
57  
39  
40  
39  
26  
HWM Testbed:  
Hardware: AMD Athlon FX-55 (2.6GHz), MSI K8N Diamond Plus, Kingston 1GB DDR400 (dual channel, low latency) memory, Seagate 7200.7 SATA HDD Software: Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2, DirectX 9.0c, NVIDIA  
ForceWare 91.29  
OCT 2006  
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