Quote: “What made these cards a gem is that they still had under their belt a stonkingly strong GPU core. To make this even better the FX5900XT shares the same core as the FX5900 enabling you to BIOS flash it to the more expensive card, creating a FX5900 with slower memory.”Here are some more Video Card reviews from around the web:
NVIDIA VIDEO CARDS
- GeForce 6800 Ultra Review @ Beyond 3D
- MSI FX5700 Ultra TD128 @ A1 Electronics
- GeForce 6800 Ultra @ NordicHardware
- XFX 5700 Ultra Dual DVI @ Viper Lair
- Albatron GeForce FX5900XTV @ Bjorn3D
- Albatron FX5900 XT @ Viper Lair
- Gainward FX PowerPack! Ultra/1100 XT @ HEXUS
- Albatron FX5900 XTV @ Legit Reviews
- Albatron GeForceFX 5900XT @ FastLaneHW
- BFG GeForce FX 5900XT OC @ Bjorn3D
- BFG 5900XT OC @ EnvyNews
- Point of View GeForce FX 5900XT @ HEXUS
- Galaxy & Gainward GeForce FX 5900 XT’s @ Beyond 3D
- Albatron GeForce FX5700P Turbo @ 3DXtreme
- Gainward Ultra/1100XT TV-DVI @ Legit Reviews
- Chaintech GeForce FX5500 @ ipKonfig
Gainward FX5900XT 128mb Golden Sample & More

Gainward made my first aftermarket video card. I remember well the elation of getting it for about 30% under standard street price, yet it was a while before I found out about overclocking. When I finally became brave enough to try it, I was pleasantly surprised. Not only did it boost my 3DMark scores higher than systems that cost twice as much at the time, but I was getting higher clock speeds than I was told to expect as a maximum for the card! Needless to say, I was quite satisfied. Those days are far behind me now, but I see Gainward is still in the business of producing VGA cards for the enthusiast 🙂