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We've been
working with Leadtek hardware, here at HotHardware, since
our beginning way back in late 1998. At that point
in time,
Leadtek was known for designing and building top end
graphics cards with various chipsets, including
workstation "professional" level graphics. Since
that time, Leadtek has diversified its portfolio of
product, with TV Tuners, Motherboards, EIDE/SCSI
Controllers and even video conferencing technologies
folding into the mix.
However, what
has always been a focus for Leadtek is producing consumer
level graphics cards based on the latest technology
available on the market. Which of course brings us
the the present day. Leadtek has been an NVIDIA
"house" way back throughout their roots. It's no
surprise that they were one of the first manufacturers to
release a new product based on NVIDIA's new 3D Gaming
powerhouse, the GeForce 4 Ti 4600. It's also no
surprise that Leadtek took the NVIDIA base design and made
it their own.
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Specifications and Features of the
WinFast A250 Ultra TD |
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VGA, DVI, TV-Out
and Heatsink with attitude |
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WinFast
A250 Ultra TD
- 300MHz GPU
- VGA, TV In/Out, DV
- 256-bit Graphics
Accelerator
- 1.23 trillion
operations/sec.
Nvidia
nfiniteFX II Engine:
- Dual programmable
Vertex Shaders, faster Pixel Shaders
Lightspeed Memory Architecture II:
- With 128-bit DDR
Lightspeed Memory Architecture II provides nearly
double the memory bandwidth of GeForce3.
Accuview Antialiasing Engine:
- High-performance
visual quality at high frame rates.
TV Out
Jack:
- On-board TV-out
support both RCA and S-video up to 1024x768
resolution.
Cooling
solution:
- on-board active
heat-sink cooling fan
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Specifications:
- Controller: NVIDIA
GeForce4 Ti 4600
- Bus Type AGP
- Memory 128MB DDR
- Core Clock 300MHz
- Memory Clock 650MHz
DDR memory
- RAMDAC 350MHz
- API Support
Direct-X, Open GL ICD for Windows
- Connectors VGA, DVI,
TV In/Out
- 1.23 trillion
operations/sec.
- 136 Million
triangles/sec setup
- 10.4GB/second memory
bandwidth
Features at a Glance:
- AGP 4x compatible
with fast writes
- 256-bit 3D and 2D
graphics accelerator
- NVIDIA nView display
technologies
- Lightspeed Memory
Architecture II
- Accuview
Antialiasing
- High Definition
Video Processing Engine
- TV Out connector
- DVI connector
Package
Contains:
- WinFast A250 Ultra
TD Graphics card.
- User Manual
- Leadtek WinFast
Software Pack
(Contains Software Driver, WinDVD program & bundled
utilities)
- 2 full games (DronZ
and GunLok)
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That's right
folks, on the surface, this board reads like any other
GeForce 4 Ti 4600 based card. This isn't a bad thing
of course. The GeForce4 Ti 4600 has an impressive
list of features for sure. However, this card's
outward appearance is even more impressive.
Our first
thought, when we removed the Winfast A250 Ultra TD from
its static bag, was that this card looked like
"professional modder" had a field day with aluminum and
fans. However, upon closer inspection, you'll notice
that the HSF assembly is a well designed tailored custom
fit to the PCB, RAM Chips and GPU. Even the fans have mesh
filters inserted in the top covers, to keep the dust down
to a minimum inside the fan assembly. Please excuse
the light blue plastic covering on the top side of the
fans. They are there only for protection during
shipping. In any event, drop in the DVI, TV-Out and
VGA connections, and you have one pretty looking GeForce4
card and one that looks like it also means business.
Quality,
Setup and the Drivers
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