The bundle for the card features
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory,
Prince of Persia Warrior Within, PowerDVD 6, and a plethora of ULEAD products. Atleast Leadtek decided to update the game bundle to the sequels of their previous bundle. They are two great games, especially
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. And to top it off, the game comes on a DVD.
If you want to take advantage of the VIVO functions, the Leadteak software suite offers a nice array of features. Time-shifting, or the ability to pause and rewind live television, is supported in the set. If you want to capture video, you’ll have the ability to choose from various formats so you aren’t stuck with one that you don’t want. The ULEAD video editing suite will let you take any home video and give it some pizzazz. Once you are done, you can take advantage of DirectBurn to easily transfer your video to a DVD or VCD. The software that Leadtek provides allows you to do all this is an added bonus.
The cable needed to plug into the VIVO port is one that I wish Leadtek would’ve replaced. On my GeForce 6600 cards, Leadtek provided a nice solid breakout box that had all the connectors. This card includes a six cable dongle for all the video interfaces. My preference would’ve been to have that box to house all the connections giving it a nice cleaner look rather than six cables coming from the back of the card. It’s a very small nitpick on the package though.
Our test system included:
AMD64 3800+
2 sticks of 256MB OCZ PC3200 Ram
ABIT AN8 SLI
Maxtor 80 GB 7200RPM HD
Windows XP Professional w/ Service Pack 2
78.01 NVIDIA display drivers
We will compare the results to an SLI setup of GeForce 6600 GT cards from Leadtek. For the pricing, you can get the Leadtek card for $399 while two GeForce 6600 GTs will set you back around $350.
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