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Leadtek WinFast GeForce 256 DDR

  

Leadtek WinFast GeForce 256 DDR

WHAT'S HOT: Leadtek's relatively affordable WinFast GeForce 256 DDR exhibited nice frame rates in all of our test games: In Quake III, the WinFast was slower than the top three GeForce 256 DDR boards, but it was as fast or faster in Unreal Tournament and Viper Racing. In Quake III, the WinFast produced excellent lighting effects with nice highlights on the guns, although the sky contrasted a bit. Like the Hercules 3D Prophet, the WinFast also offers DVD hardware acceleration, which should give you better video playback on monitors or TVs.

WHAT'S NOT: No games are bundled with the board. In Unreal Tournament, reflections were a little flat and some textures appeared fuzzy. Another factor to consider is Leadtek's stated one-year warranty (the shortest of any vendor's on our chart).

WHAT ELSE: Though it lacks games, the WinFast ships with a nice software bundle, including a software DVD player, E-Color's 3Deep and Colorific, Web and video producers, and other utilities. Leadtek offers tech support for 9.5 hours each weekday (but you'll pay any toll charges).

BEST USE: If you want a GeForce/DDR board but want to save some cash--and don't mind the shorter warranty--the WinFast is worthy of your consideration. Just keep in mind that the GeForce 256 chip this board uses is no longer on the crest of the 3D gaming wave.


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$249
510/490-8076
www.leadtek.com

4X AGP, 32MB of DDR SGRAM, NVidia GeForce 256 chip, 350-MHz RAMDAC, TV-out connector, DVD hardware acceleration, bundled Web authoring tools, digital video editing application, color- and video-calibration utilities.

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