Graphic Cards xfx 7300gs 256mb - mini review/pics

stormblast

stormblast

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Here is the card that many have won at eswc. just bought 1 from my friend. since i have sold my card (evga 7800gt) to pixel, so dont really have a decent card at home for the timebeing till i buy a good 1. so decided to get this. the box is nice n small more like a novel. u can see the pics down.

Card = Nvidia XFX 7300GS 256mb Onboard (512mb TC) PCI Express x16
Core clock = 500mhz
Pixel Pipelines = 4
Memory Size = 256MB Onboard (512MB TurboCache Supported)
Memory Interface = 64-bit
Memory Type = GDDR2
DirectX = DirectX 9
OpenGL = OpenGL 2.0
D-SUB = 1
DVI = 1
TV-Out = S-Video Out
here is the box.

here are the accessories. comes with a manual, xgear booklet, xfx drivers cd & svideo for tvout.

here is the pic of the gfx card from the front, the plate is chrome/black with the vga slot yellowish, the whole card color is black with a cool looking heatsink similar to the xfx 6600gt agp that i had. looks pretty nice.

here is the card from the top.


not installed the card yet in my pc. will attach it tomorrow & hopefully put up some benchmarks maybe of 3dmark 2k5 or something.

Update :

just installed the card sometime back.

here are the stock core & mem frequencies.

here is a pic of rthdribl after running it for around 15min to check the load temps of the gfx card. it was idling around 50. (ac was on when checking the temps, so u can assume the temp without ac around 6 - 10deg more)

@deejay - i tried what u said. but dint seem to find any ghosting on my crt. but i dont know, maybe u will know once u check it.
will put up 2-3 benchmarks after sometime.

hl2 video stress test 800 x 600 = 68fps
here are the settings at which the test was done at.

its a decent score for hl2 i feel & the game was playable easily at these settings. with some more tweaking i am sure u can make the game even more smooth. cant ask much more from this card can u.
no benchmark is complete with this games timedemo
quake 3 timedemo demo four = 203fps
settings all maxxed out at 1024.

dont have doom3 installed otherwise would have done a timedemo for it. is it possible to do a timedemo in q4 cause i have that installed.

ok found a demo for q4 that is used for timedemo.
here is the link for the demo if any1 wants to try it out.
GGL - COMMUNITY » FORUMS
here is the settings at which q4 was run.



the command to use in console once u get the demo is
playNetTimeDemo "ggl-timedemo.netdemo"
at the end of the demo open your console to see the fps. same as q3.
timedemo score = 45fps.

the normal game also runs smooth is very much playable at these settings. nothing to complain about.

3dmark 2005 score.

lost coast settings set to same as hl2 stress test.
even though hdr was set to full if available, the card doesnt support it. just thought ill let every1 know.

lost coast stress test = 67fps
 
The Heatsink looks really cool , will make a nice HT card.

EDIT : This post is by mistake made through my sisters login , Quad Master
 
what bothers me is that ribbon cable , connecting the gfx card pcb to the D-sub connector. since it is unshielded there is a possibility of "ghosting" in the picture, especially in "Texts" ....stormy please check this aspect when you test the card tomorrow.
 
i am still waiting for my card to arrive .. purchased the same one from icefusion .. anyways good pics mate. post some benchies soon so ill know what games i should install .. :D
 
AOE-III ..i wanna know if that card will run comfortably using High settings n at 1024*768.

Doom III is always welcome.

HL2-Lost coast or Episode One .. whateva.

EDIT : jst repped ya.
 
@ mohit - there is no benchmark thing for aoe3 in the game as far as i know.
better than doom3 i have put up the q4 timedemo.
episode 1 has no timedemo. will try lost coast & maybe 3dmark.
 
i dont think 1024 is meant for this card mohit unless your playing some old game.

i like the game to be perfectly smooth so wont even bother trying it on 1024, rather will play on 800 or 640. you really cant expect this card to run the games at 1024 res, unless u mind playing with low framerate or little skips here n there.
 
i had played HL2 at 1024*768 on my pcx 5300 at medium settings very comfortably ... anyways the games that ill be playing on these are AOE-III and HL-2 Episode One .. hope both of them work at 1024*768 with medium settings ..that will do for now.
 
Nice card ... a perfect replacement for the 6200 ... and the performance is good with the TC off i guess. ... oc it a bit .. i think the core can hit 550 stable ...
 
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