Inno3D
Tornado GeForce SDR Review by Dean
Introduction:
Manufactured by:
Inno3D
This card was received from AxisGlobal
Well, updates have been slow and all but we're back.
Sad to say, we've had a few problems with our current host. Right
now, we're trying to find someone who'll host us.
Anyways,
it was just a normal LAN party that happened at the OCManila
Lab and I was there along with some friends. Our Affiliate, OCManila
headed by Micoh Dude was
kind enough to pick up some stuff from Axis Global.
To
cut the story short, I was given the task to review a Video Card based
on NVidia's GeForce 256 engine.
What I got was a GeForce SDR named Inno3D Tornado GeForce 256.
First
look:
Here's
an image of the card
This
GeForce SDR card is based on NVidia's reference design. It looks
much like those cards that are just plain cards. The box is pretty
nice too...but still not as funky as the Annihilator series and 3D Prophet
Series by Creative Labs and Guillemot respectively.
The
card comes in a yellowish PCB and not the usual green one. This SDR
card also goes with the usual heatsink/fan used on the Asus V6600 Pure
card. Nothing fancy about this card's cooling. Aside from the
PCB and heatsink/fan, this card makes use of Samsung chips for its ram.
The ram is only located on one side of the card to that'd make it a 4X8MB
ram format. The ram is rated at 6ns by the way.
What
else is inside:
Well,
when I got this card for reviewage, I didn't just get the card but the
whole box as well. Inno3D got some nice goodies inside. Of
course, you'll get the standard installation guide and installation CD
which contains reference driver set. Since this is a GeForce based
card, you'll also get the NVidia demo CD which showcases the GeForce 256's
new features that make it different from the rest.
So
that makes 2 CD's already. A CD of 3DMark2000 Pro was also
included as well as InterVideo WinDVD 2000. Well, 3dMark2000
Pro is for benchmarking and the InterVideo WinDVD 2000 is for watching
DVD's.
Comments:
As
you can clearly see, this card is a serious type of card. Nothing
fancy at all. You only get the basics. No TV-out, no funky
fans, no bundled games.
Feature
List
