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Introduction
When Nvidia launched their 7800 GT graphics card this past summer, people rejoiced at the arrival of affordable near-7800 GTX performance. In the meantime, the card has dropped in price by over a hundred dollars and has come within reach of many users who generally are not able to afford the higher priced series cards until some of the performance becomes available in a mainstream chip.
In an effort to stand out from the crowd (which for the most part almost all use the reference design), Asus has created their own quasi-proprietary cooler setup. Though they tout their card as being significantly different from other 7800 GT's on the market, the card is actually just using the reference design from Nvidia that all of the other manufacturers use as well. This is generally fine, as it means that third party companies do not have to spend money developing their own PCB layouts, and can focus on beating the other companies with pack-ins and better cooling - which is what Asus' goal is with this card.
Asus has a history of creating very strong products and this card despite the fact that it uses a non-standard cooler, should undoubtedly follow that trend. We have not been able to find this card available anywhere yet, and were not given an MSRP, but if/when it becomes available, expect it to be standard Asus-expensive, especially considering this card uses a proprietary cooler.
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