Asus EN7950GX2
The fastest single graphics card in the world. This is the goal that NVIDIA was shooting for when they conjured up the GeForce 7950 GX2. Some might argue that a GeForce 7950 GX2, however, with its double stacked dual GPU powered PCB design, is anything but a single graphics card. We’d remind you that it does drop into a single PCI Express Graphic slot, no matter how you slice it. In fact there’s room for two and yes, for Quad SLI.
In our GeForce 7950 GX2 launch article, we showed you that the 7950 is essentially a pair of GeForce 7900GTs, goosed up a bit in clock speed and then outfitted with 512MB of GDDR3 RAM. Asus was the first to ship to our labs their version of the GeForce 7950GX2, right after the launch. Though our launch card was shipped to us from XFX, that didn’t stop us from configuring the new Asus card along side XFX’s for some Quad SLI action. In the pages ahead we’ll show you Asus’ EN7950GX2 in detail, along with its single card performance and what happens when you pair two 7950GX2s together.
Asus bundled in a solid assortment of extras with the EN7950GX2, including one major game title, King Kong, which is also emblazoned on the outside of the box. Fitting, since certainly the card within could easily be considered a modern day “King Kong” of the 3D Graphics world in and of itself. Beyond this title, Asus also includes a no-name title that we’ve seen in their previous bundles — SnowBlind — and Splendid Video Enhancement software. Finally, the obligatory PCI Express power adapter cable, DVI-VGA converters and a high-def component output cable were included in this kit as well.
