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PC Stats has posted a Gigabyte FX5950 Ultra GV-N595U-GT Videocard review



Unsure of what exactly to expect from the Gigabyte's FX5950 Ultra "GT" version, this should be quite a treat for us... After all, the Gigabyte GV-N595U-GT videocard is based on Nvidia's current power-house GPU clocked at 520MHz. While the heatsink on this puppy takes up two full slots, you can be assured it's not there to cool the digital equivalent of a 'Ford GEO.' Yet, other than that nice looking blue PCB this card is virtually identical to the Gigabyte GV-N595U that PCstats reviewed in early January, also an FX5950 Ultra videocard. As you can plainly see, Gigabyte are still using the same reference GPU/memory cooling system, and all the same capacitors, resistors, and ICs, so what is it that makes this videocard worthy of the "GT" model name over that of the regular one?
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