ASUS V7700 GeForce 2 GTS

AnandTech Video Card Rating

Performance

Use of the reference design limits the extent by which the V7700 will dominate its competition. All cards based on the reference design perform nearly identically.

Price

With a price of 349.99, the ASUS V7700 fits right in with the rest of the GeForce 2 GTS cards out there.

Drivers

Although the foundation of the drivers are NVIDIA's reference design, additional visual tweaks give this driver package some style points. The included overclocking utility is a plus, as is the SmartDoctor utility.

Features

Although the cost of adding a DVI connector to the card would have been marginal, ASUS chose to leave it off. In addition, no video-out option leaves the card a bit more separated from its upcoming V7700 Deluxe brother. However for all these negatives there is the hardware monitoring, a key feature that shows where ASUS shines.

Retail Availability

With a shipping date around the time you are reading this, ASUS cards have always been known to be relatively easy to find. Hopefully this will be the same with the V7700, however only time will tell.

Documentation & Software Bundle

The documentation included with the V7700 is exceptional. Not only is every aspect of the drivers explained, but the use of each feature is detailed. On the down side, the software bundle is poor at best. One would suspect that a new GPU would call for a new software package. Apparently ASUS does not think so.