Until ATI released the X800XL the Geforce 6800 GT was unchallenged as the best bang for buck card available. With a 16 pipeline design the GT only differs from the Ultra model in clock speeds. When you consider that many of the GT’s on the market will overclock to Ultra specifications and beyond its clear why its sold in huge volumes. Asus are a company who always impress us with their releases and so we were more than happy to accept their 6800GT as a review product…so much so in fact we accepted two…

Package
Something we’ve come to expect from Asus graphics cards is distinctive packaging, the 6800GT is no different. As well as being huge the box is emblazoned with bright and reflective designs.

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Box quality has of course no bearing on the quality of the product inside however it does create a good first impression, in this regard Asus always deliver.

Flipping up the lid of the box reveals your first look at the N6800GT as well as some details of the extra functionality contained in your bundle.

More of the same on the rear…

Bundle

Never a company to skimp on the bundled extras, Asus don’t disappoint with the N6800GT. Included with your graphics card is:

Webcam + Stand
Svideo Cable
2x DVI > VGA connectors
CD Carry Case
Manual
Driver/Utility CD
Joint Operations full game
Molex > PCI Express power converter

For those overclockers out there Asus have included their SmartDoctor utility on the driver CD. Smartdoctor is probably the quickest and easiest way to get that little bit extra performance out of the N6800GT. As with most overclocking utility’s it’s a case of moving some sliders until you reach the cards maximum settings.

Out only issue with SD is the memory slider was already at maximum when the card was at stock. Otherwise a handy utility.

 

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