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Features Table

07:00 - Monday 9 July 2001 by Uwe Scheffel

Manufacturer	ASUS	ELSA	Gainward	Hercules	Leadtek	MSI	Visiontek
Model	AGP-V8200 Deluxe	GLADIAC 920	CARDEXpert GeForce3	3D Prophet III	WinFast GF3	StarForce 822	GeForce3
Street Price *)	US$375	US$360	US$330	US$400	US$375	US$340	US$350
3D Chip	GeForce3	GeForce3	GeForce3	GeForce3	GeForce3	GeForce3	GeForce3
Memory	64MB	64MB	64MB	64MB	64MB	64MB	64MB
Memory Bus Interface	128 bit	128 bit	128 bit	128 bit	128 bit	128 bit	128 bit
Chip Clock	200 MHz	200 MHz	200 MHz	200 MHz	200 MHz	200 MHz	200 MHz
Memory Clock **)	230 MHz DDR	230 MHz DDR	230 MHz DDR	230 MHz DDR	230 MHz DDR	230 MHz DDR	230 MHz DDR
Memory Access Time	3.8ns	3.8ns	3.8ns	3.8ns	3.8ns	3.8ns	3.8ns
Memory Bandwidth	7.4GB/s	7.4GB/s	7.4GB/s	7.4GB/s	7.4GB/s	7.4GB/s	7.4GB/s
Ramdac	350 MHz	350 MHz	350 MHz	350 MHz	350 MHz	350 MHz	350 MHz
Card Features
3D Chip Cooler and Fan	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Heat Sink on Memory	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes
TV-Out Encoder Chip	Philips SAA7108E	Bt 869KRF	Philips SAA7108E	CX25871-13	CX25871-13	Philips SAA7108E	Bt 869KRF
TV-Out Connectors	Chinch and S-VHS	Chinch or S-VHS	Chinch and S-VHS	Chinch or S-VHS	Chinch or S-VHS	Chinch and S-VHS	Chinch or S-VHS
Video In Decoder Chip	Philips SAA7108E	no	Philips SAA7108E	no	no	Philips SAA7108E	no
Video In Connectors	Chinch or S-VHS	no	Chinch and S-VHS	no	no	Chinch	no
DVI Output	no	no	yes	yes	yes	no	no
Hardware Monitoring	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no
3D Glasses	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no
Software
Driver Tools	yes	no	yes	no	yes	yes	no
DVD Player	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
VCR Software	Digital VCR	no	no	no	no	no	no
Games (No demos)	Messiah / Sacrifice / Star Trek New Worlds	Giants (GF3 version)	no	no	no	Rouge Spear / V-Rally 2	no
Software (No demos)	3Deep / Ulead VideoStudio 4SE / Video Life Mail 4	no	3Deep / Ulead VideoStudio 4SE	no	3Deep / Cult 3D	no	no