VXI BlueParrott B100 Specifications download pdf (Page 40)

73HOLIDAY 2005 MAXIMUMPC

$600, www.gigabyte-usa.com

GIGABYTE GV-3D1-68GT

SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE

Faster than a single GeForce

7800 GTX; cheaper than two

GeForce 6800 GTs.

SLY STALLONE

Morbidly obese; obnoxiously

loud. Slightly more expensive

than a single 7800 GTX.

separate cards (thus overcoming our next

biggest objection to its predecessor). On

the other hand, you could pick up a single

GeForce 7800 GTX for the average street

price of $510, or a single 7800 GT for

$400, and two of either of those cards in

SLI will deﬁnitely leave Gigabyte’s board

with a poor body image.

To be absolutely fair to Gigabyte, how-

ever, two 7800 GTX boards cost more than

a grand, and two 7800 GT boards will set

you back more than $800. Compared with

that, $600 for a board that beats the stuff-

ing out of either single card is a good deal.

Unlike those two boards, however, the only

way you can further increase your PC’s per-

formance is to chuck this card and replace

it with two more. Still, this card is a good

value for the money.

—MICHAEL BROWN

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