Leadtek PX7800 GTX TDH MyVIVO card
Leadtek WinFast PX7800 GTX TDH MyVIVO
Leadtek's GeForce 7800 GTX MyVIVO effort deviates even less from the reference card by using a cooler plate that, barring the small WinFast insignia on the upper right-hand side and Leadtek sticker on the fan, is identical to the reference design's.
Looking at the card from a slightly difference angle, we see the one-piece heatsink and a number of fins on the near side. The massive heatsink takes up around half of the available PCB space, with the other half reserved for DRAM, power-delivery components, video-processing ASIC, and the cooler's off-centre fan.
No surprises as we take a closer look at the front; it's exactly the same as the BFG card's. In fact, swap the cooler's name plate over and you wouldn't be able to tell which card was which. We had hoped that at least one card partner would buck the reference trend and go with an individual cooling design, hopefully with a quieter fan. No such luck here. Closer inspection of the fan reveals that it is the same Delta Electronics model used on other cards, too.
Dual-Link DVI, capable of driving displays with mouth-watering 2560x1600 resolutions, is a signature feature of all GeForce 7800 GTX cards. The other DVI slot, however, is a regular Single-Link. As with the reference and BFG cards, the Leadtek PX7800 GTX TDH uses a Philips SAA7115HL video-processing ASIC as standard, making this card also VIVO compliant.
Getting a dose of deja vu yet?
Oh, look, the RAM is also the same as the reference card's, as well as the BFG's. Leadtek's insistence on sticking with the reference model's attributes also extends to the card's GPU and memory speeds, which are clocked in at 430MHz core and 1200MHz RAM. No custom BIOSes here, folks, although Leadtek does feature a revised BIOS on its website that pushes the card's speed up to 450MHz core and 1250MHz RAM. Overall, though, it appears as if Leadtek's strategy is on winning over customer sales by marketing its GeForce 7800 GTX at the lowest price of our trio; a veritable snip at £379.
