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Gainward GeForce GT220 1024MB

Budget card for light work

Author: Jouni 'Jipa' Vasama
Published: 04.01.2010
Manufacturer: Gainward
Product Group: Graphics cards
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Power Consumption & Temperature

 

Gainward GeForce GT220 1024MB Budget card for light work
 

 

Gainward GeForce GT220 1024MB Budget card for light work
 

Less surprisingly the card uses barely any power and all, and in fact it was hard enough to see the difference between the stock and clocked card. As always these are the measured wattages of the whole test bench, and include the losses in power supply, the power consumption of the clocked E8600 and so on. The verdict here is that the card uses very little power and runs surprisingly cool, seeing how tiny the cooler is.

 

Noise

As for the noise, it's not too bad. The fan sure makes some noise, but it's not nearly as bad as I expected from such a small fan. Then again, I still think a card like this should just have a passive heat sink.



Conclusion


PROS 
  • Good Overclocker


  • CONS 
  • Cooler could be a passive one
  • Award
    Bronze Award!


    What is there really left to say? It's a basic card for people who don't need top performance. It's a small card well suited for stuff like media- and work PCs with very little need for 3d performance. That being said, it does run games like Call of Duty 4 at 1280x1024 resolutions with no problems.

    The only real problem I can see here is the cooler that simply should NOT require two card slots. Also seeing the very low wattage of the chip, a passive cooler would be nice.









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