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  Product:     Albatron Gigi FX5900XTV 128MB Video Card  
  Price:     $255 (CAN) / $195 (U.S)
  Supplied By:     Albatron
  Author:     Hi-TEK
  Date:     April 3rd, 2004
  Rating:     star star star star star star star star star

Albatron Gigi FX5900XTV 128MB Video Card
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Albatron Gigi FX5900XTV 128MB Video Card
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The Gigi FX5900XTV 128MB Video Card includes an assortment of cables designed specifically for different types of computer configurations. A Video Break Out Box includes Video-in and Video-out ports for those individuals who wish to connect this video card to a standard TV. Additional cables include an S-Video Composite cable and DVI to Analog adapter for single and dual monitor display setups. Out the box, the Gigi FX5900XTV follows the standard NVIDIA FX reference design and sports a blue coloured PCB combined with attractive custom copper heatsinks.

Albatron Gigi FX5900XTV 128MB Video Card
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Albatron Gigi FX5900XTV 128MB Video Card
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The rear portion of video card includes a regular DVI port, S-Video Composite port and standard VGA port. The Gigi FX5900XTV has integrated TV encoders thanks to the inclusion of a Philips SAA7114H chipset which provides TV Out functionality with resolutions up to 1024x768. A full hardware MPEG-2 decoder delivers full-frame and full-screen MPEG-2 video support. Overall, consumers will be pleased at the variety of supported video display options.

Albatron Gigi FX5900XTV 128MB Video Card
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Albatron Gigi FX5900XTV 128MB Video Card
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The Albatron Gigi FX5900XTV 128MB Video Card includes two different custom cooling solutions that have been extended to both the GPU and RAM. Albatron has used Samsung 2.8ns DDR SDRAM on the front of the PCB as well as two passive copper heatsinks for cooling. The GPU cooling solution consists of a translucent 60mm fan attached to a custom fan mount. The fan mount includes two additional copper heatsinks as well as the words GeForce FX and AGP8x embossed on its surface.
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