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BFG Tech GeForceFX 5900XT OC

BFG's new 5900XT OC gives you more a bit more MHz right out of the box for free. We compare three video cards within the same price range and evaluate their gaming performance.

Introduction:

BFG Tech has been building video cards for quite a while now powered by NVIDIA GPUs. They are a “By Gamers, For Gamers” company, and one of the few that live up to the saying. Not being content with just ‘standard’ video card performance BFG Tech is taking on a new mission. Whenever possible they will have a new line of cards barring an “OC” label that stands for "overclocked". When you see these cards what you are getting is a video card that has been overclocked from the NVIDIA reference core and memory frequencies. What this provides is more performance straight out of the box at the same price compared to other manufacturers. Without having to do anything your video card will perform faster than the reference specification calls for.

BFG’s new video card we have for review today is their GeForceFX 5900XT OC. If you have read our MSI FX5900XT Review you will know what a 5900XT is. If you haven’t, here are the Cliff's Notes version. The NVIDIA GeForceFX 5900XT is based off of the same technology as the 5900 and the 5900Ultra GPU (NV35 core). The 5900XT is the least expensive of the 5900 series line being outperformed by the other 5900s. What makes it different from the 5900 and 5900Ultra is that it is a single slot solution with a re-designed PCB to reduce costs and combined with less expensive RAM. The core and memory frequencies have been reduced to 390MHz/700MHz (core/mem). For comparison a 5900 runs at 400MHz/800MHz and a 5900Ultra runs at 450MHz/850MHz. What is interesting about the BFG Tech 5900XT OC is that it runs at 430MHz/735MHz by default.

The BFG 5900XT OC:

One of the greatest attributes with this card is the free 24/7/365 tech support and lifetime warranty as you can see clearly marked on the box.

The BFG Tech 5900XT OC has 128MB of DDR memory operating on a 256-bit memory bus. At 735MHz this offers 23.5GB/sec of memory bandwidth. The core clock is set at 430MHz by default which puts out 323 Million Vertices/sec.

The HSF is a non-intrusive solution that keeps the GPU plenty cool. As you can see, all the memory modules are located on one side of the PCB and memory heatsinks cover all eight modules. The info provided via a label on the VGA connector tells us that this card using Hynix 2.8ns RAM modules which are rated at 350MHz. The card provides the standard VGA, S-Video out and DVI ports.

The only cable provided is a Molex splitter cable, there was no S-Video cable in the package. A black DVI to VGA adapter is included. One CD and quick install guide are also included.