APOGEE 7300GT 256GDDR3 ZALMAN 560/1400 [ I BOUGHT IT !! ,REV

[cryptonx]

Sorry for the new post admins ,

But this is particulary for the Chaintech card , my other post was about the 7600gs vs the world .

back to the point , I've found too many reviews for the 7300GT 256GDDR3 , from diffrent companies , Inno3D / Galaxy / Gainward and XFX .

I coudln't find one for the CHAINTECH , anyways this card ( 7300GT ) I think should be named the 7600GS , its at least 25% faster at stock than an OCED Gigabyte 7600gs .

and the intresting news I just found , that when u used an official drivers and RUN this baby in SLI mode, it BEATS A 7900GT and all whats below ,by at least 10% !! oMG !!

So For someone on a tight budget like mine , this card is alot better than the MSI PASSIVE COOLED 7600GS with 256DDR2 , right ?

stock speeds :
540 gpu
1400 memory

it has 2 years waranty , Zalman cooling , I think they are trying to make a similar one to the GALAXYs but I am not pretty sure about the result .


edit : Image :

The only diffrence i can spot from this image between this one and the GALAXY one , is the that GALAXY used heatsinks on the memory ,Chaintech left it out .
I just e-mailed chaintech to ask what kind of memory these are , and wether they are 1.2 / 1.4 or 2.0 ns .

 

[cryptonx]

FINALLY

It was my only choice , it's allot better than 7600GSs , 6600GTs , 6800XTs , X1300s and X1600s ( except the X1650 ) .

it was a nice deal too !
$127 + a Creative 2.1 Speaker System FREE !

for that price you get

GeForce 7300GT 256 GDDR3 1.4ns
Memory clocked at 700 per each ( stock ) so its 1400 mhz
GPU clocked at 560 at stock
ZALMAN Cooling solution
2 DVI outputs
1 Video whatever its called output
3 CDs
Driver CD
5 stupid game demos CD
Cinema CD ( DVD progies and crap )

the card is just like the GALAXY one , except the RAMS has no HEATTHINKS on them .

So I tried a few things at stock , U can read my system SPEC from the sig.

3Dmark2005 ( Normal Free version test ) : 4900 Marks

FEAR ( 1024x768 - every damn feature turned on ) :

Maximum : 127
Average : 37
Minimum : forgot what it was. .

anyways , these results are better than all the 7300GTs i saw , and better than all the stock 7600gss and the rest .

OC:

I used coolbits , managed to get the gpu running at 760 and the memory at 799

the MEMORY can't reach even 810 , I think its because of the removed heatsinks from them .

the GPU on the other hand , can reach 840 !!!! amazing ... except that the default temp. jumped from the stock 34C to 42C

however its very playable , no artifacts or loses ,
the card is also SILENT !! that ZALMAN thing is awesome

I didn't try 3Dmark2005 after the 760gpu/799memory yet , I will post it as soon as I do it

I am very satisfied with the gaming performance, I only have a 17" monitor so 1024 is my HIGHEST res. ( 1280 is supported but on 60hz rate )

Playing NFS Carbon at 1024 all settings on ( except FSAA ) gameplay smooth as hell , no shutters or anything

NFS Most wanted all settings on including MAX FSAA , it was going CRAZY .. seriously .. the game was getting funny !! too fast .. !!

Fear/ Doom3/Prey / HL2: EP1 / CS :S , all running great on 1024 all settings maxed except FSAA for a few .

I am glad i got this card

 

[chocobocorey]

your pretty excited. you need a new pair of pants or you gonna be ok?

 

[cryptonx]

after I am done with you , you probably gonna need a new body .. not just pants

:roll: what are you some 14 year old ? or some sick 50 year old ?

Someone buys something that he was afraid of not living to his expectations and it did and outperformed my expectations for less , I should be happy , especially that I've been looking for a new card for over a month now .

Anyways there's no real point of explaining myself to you , so excuse urself and leave .

 

[Darkfire001]

Glad to hear you found a good card, since you've been doing so much research and what-not. Good deal for a Card overseas since they tend to get jacked up in price so much.

 

[megame255]

For what you paid (especially with the speakers), it looks like a decent card at a great price.
Enjoy!