Powercolor X800 GTO 16 Video Card Review

Conclusion

I was at first somewhat skeptical about doing a review on this brand of Graphics Board, I have owned Power Color, Graphic boards in the past and encountered many problems. After speaking with Bosco (OCC site manager), who owns eight various PowerColor Graphics Boards, I decided to go ahead and give PowerColor another try. This time I was impressed, PowerColor has come a long way since I last used one of their Graphics Boards and proves that with age comes experience.

I’m looking forward to reviewing more products from PowerColor in the future, the X800GTO 16, was a worthy adversary to the other test boards. Not only did it compete well with the nVidia 6800 GT at times it actually performed better. The only concerns that I have are its lack of overclockability, which is more, related to the R430 GPU than the board itself and the high temperatures, (80c) while gaming. Which I feel can be remedied with a better heatsink and fan.

The Power Color X800 GTO 16 gets an 8, this mainstream board is perfect for anyone who is looking for out of the box performance.

Pros

• Pre Overclocked
• Bundled Software
• Comes with all connectors including composite
• Easy to install (no extra power needed)
• Price and Affordability

Cons

• Runs quite hot with stock heatsink (80c at times)
• Not very overclockable