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Sharky Extreme : December 1, 2008





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Other than ASUS' own in-house (NVIDIA reference drivers) TNT2 drivers (with the slider for overclocking), DVD Software and VideoCapturing software, there's little else to harp on about. It almost slipped us by- one of our 1998 favorites is actually included. Heretic II, Raven Software's superb 3D-action game, was a very pleasant surprise indeed and a world apart from the usual bundles.

When all is said and done, ASUS is certainly the king of the Taiwanese-hill. They make top quality products that really don't look all that 'out of place' in the US market. If you're content with not having (and indeed, not paying top-dollar for) Diamond's branding, then the AGP-V3800 DELUXE is certainly the UltraTNT2 chipset for you. Perhaps a second UltraTNT2 product, without the VR Glasses, would bring the price down yet further and appeal to an even wider audience. Nonetheless at $239 you're getting a great bargain and extremely solid 2D/3D technology.

  • Fast 2D and 3D performance
  • Good Price
  • Sharp 2D and 3D visual quality

  • Lower defualt clock speedd
  • No OpenGL support for Glasses



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    Alex "Sharky" Ross
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