Prolink PixelView GeForce FX5900 XT Golden Limited

Prolink PixelView GeForce FX5900XT Golden Limited edition comes with the 2nd gen. Plasma Display Fan ( PDF II) that sports blue LCD display and LEDs for monitoring of temperature and fan speed. It is clocked at 390Mhz core with 128MB of GDDR memory clocked at 700Mhz.

Introduction

Although GeForce FX5900 XT comes in later in the picture but it
probably one of the best selling GPU in the entire GeForce FX lineup. FX5900 XT
has the architecture of the high end NV35 but will share the same price point as
the mid range GeForce FX5700 Ultra at US$ 200 and it is meant to compete directly
against the Radeon 9600XT. It is also based on the 4×2 pipelines and is running
on 256-bit memory interface compared to 4×1 and 128-bit on the FX5700 Ultra. No
doubt, FX5900 XT offers the best value for performance right now.

Graphics card makers like Prolink has products based on the
FX5900 XT and the most recent offering is the PixelView GeForce FX5900XT Golden
Limited edition. This card comes with the 2nd generation Plasma Display Fan (
PDF II) that sports blue LCD display and LEDs for monitoring of temperature and
fan speed. PixelView GeForce FX5900XT Golden Limited is clocked at 390Mhz core
with 128MB of GDDR memory clocked at 700Mhz.

In this article, we are going check out the benefits of the PDF
II, the performance and the overclockability of this card. We have compared it
against the GeForce FX 5950 Ultra as well as the Radeon 9800 XT.

Specifications

Process Technology	0.13 micron copper process (130M transistors)
Package	40mm x 40mm, BGA 1309 flip-chip
AGP Interface	AGP 8x including Fast Writes and sideband addressing
Core Engine	256-bit GeForce FX5900XT (NV35)
Core Clock	390Mhz
Memory Type/Size	128MB GDDR
Memory Clock	700Mhz
Memory Bandwidth	22.4GB/s (256-bit)
Pipelines	4×2
RAMDAC	Dual integrated 400Mhz RAMDACs for display resolutions up to and including 2048×1536@85Hz
Max Resolution	2048 X 1536 X 85Hz
Output Options	15-pin D-sub VGA out TV-out (Mini Din 4pin S-Video connector) DVI (DVI connector)

Package Content

• User Manual
• Drivers CD w/ Patrolman
• Cyberlink PowerDVD 3.0
• 5.25" mounting for LCD
• Molex Splitter cable
• S-Video Cable

• RCA Cable
• DVI to VGA Adapter
• S-Video to RCA Adapter