Pros

  • Silently cooled

Cons

  • No bundled games

At A Glance

This inexpensive, silently cooled version of Asus' EN8600GTS edged out its counterpart and most of the field in every test.

The Specs

Pricing
Inventory Number 30406
Memory
Memory size 0.256 MB
Memory type DDR3
Memory speed 2000.0 MHz
Ports and Connections
S-Video-In No
Ports Two DVI-out
DVI-Out 2
Audio Output No
S-Video-Out Yes
Composite-Video-In No
Component Video Yes
Composite-Video-Out Yes
Audio Input No
Included Software
Windows XP x64 Driver Yes

Performance

Performance
Battlefield 2 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 75.99
Half-Life 2 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 111.53
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 59.65
Far Cry (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 22.48
Half-Life 2 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 61.73
Doom 3 (1600 by 1200) 74.37
Unreal Tournament 2004 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 83
Half-Life 2 (1024 by 768) 120.1
Quake 4 (1024 by 768) 118.5
Battlefield 2 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 50.73
Battlefield 2 (1600 by 1200) 66.86
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1600 by 1200) 54.35
Quake 4 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 93.27
Doom 3 (1024 by 768) 87.53
Unreal Tournament 2004 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 79.39
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1024 by 768) 97.36
Doom 3 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 79.43
Battlefield 2 (1024 by 768) 78.96
Far Cry (1024 by 768, antialiasing) 22.48
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 27.45
Unreal Tournament 2004 (1024 by 768) 83.07
Doom 3 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 34
Far Cry (1024 by 768) 89.36
Quake 4 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) 44.73
Half-Life 2 (1600 by 1200) 78.5
Halo (1024 by 768) 139.34
Quake 4 (1600 by 1200) 70.13
Far Cry (1600 by 1200) 68.78
Unreal Tournament 2004 (1600 by 1200) 82.35
Halo (1600 by 1200) 98.75