NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS Roundup - July 2000

ASUS V7700 Specifications
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Memory	32 MB Infineon DDR SGRAM 6 Ns
Cooling	Gaming Heatsink/Fan combo
Temperature	120 F
TV-Out	Not Supported
Drivers	ASUS Custom
Highest Overclock (max core)	235/363 MHz
Highest Overclock (max memory)	225/405 MHz
Overclocking Utility	ASUS Custom
SBA State	Disabled
89 MHz AGP Bus (133 MHz BX)	Pass
99 MHz AGP Bus (148 MHz BX)	Pass
Software/Gaming Bundle	ASUS DVD 2000, Drakan, Rollcage
Estimated Street Price	$350.00 estimated retail price Found on-line for $266.00
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The ASUS V7700 is, perhaps, one of the more special GeForce 2 GTS cards we have tested. This is not because of ASUS's history of high quality nor is it due to the use of extra and unnecessary features. The V7700 is special because it includes the very nifty and useful feature of hardware monitoring. Powered by the Winbond W83781D located on the back side of this reference design board, the V7700 will not only show you fan speed an chip temperature, but it will also monitor your AGP voltage and allow for dynamic overclocking. Features such as these make this card a power user's dream.

The fan used on the V7700 is very similar to the "gaming" fan found on the Absolute Multimedia Outrageous GeForce 2 GTS described above. We found that this fan does a good job cooling, yet once again the extra cooling goes wasted. This is illustrated by the relatively low core speed that the V7700 was able to achieve, proving once again the chip quality is all the really matters in the current overclocking game. The 405 MHz memory clock we were able to achieve on the card is really only a result of a good memory batch found on this particular card, however it was impressive nonetheless.