Gainward GeForce GTX 470 1280MB Golden Sample Video Card

Introduction

It's been a while since we've seen anything from Gainward and the main reason for that is it had been a while since we'd seen anything from NVIDIA. Now that NVIDIA have some new models and companies have had the chance to attack them with some new cooling and what not, it's time to see what some of the NVIDIA only partners are capable of.

Let's be honest, though; they've got their work cut out for them. You just have to look at companies like HIS and Sapphire and see what they've brought to the market when it comes to ATI only partners. The NVIDIA crowd have some big shoes to fill and to be honest, it's looking good. We've already seen Galaxy and Palit offer us some stand out versions. The question now is, can Gainward do the same?

I've always had a soft spot for the Gainward series since I bought myself a TI 4200 Golden Sample many moons ago. It's a different game these days, though, so let's see what's going on with the package before we get stuck into the card to see what Gainward has offered us to get the crowd excited.