Gainward

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name = Gainward
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location = Taipei (Taiwan) Headquarter. European HQ in Munich Germany.
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industry = Computer industry
products = Graphics cards
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homepage = [http://www.gainward.net/ www.gainward.net]
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Gainward is a computer hardware company which produces graphics cards. Their graphic cards used to be exclusively based on NVIDIA chipsets. However, they also announced ATI-based graphics solutions after the successful launch of ATI 4800-series hardware. [cite web|url=http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8152&Itemid=1|title=Gainward goes ATI] Gainward products are famous for their overclockability. The company has also recently released cards that deviate from the reference specifications set forth by NVIDIA.Fact|date=February 2007 They have released a 20 pixel pipeline 7800GS AGPs with 512 MB of memory (based on the G70 core), and a 24 pixel pipeline 7800GS+ AGP video card with 512 MB of memory (based on the G71 7900gt core).

Gainward is well known for their famous 'Golden Sample' range of graphics cards. These cards are overclocked past their stock speeds and tested before they are sold, to ensure quality for their customers. Current examples of 'Golden Sample' cards are; nVidia 7900GS, 7900GT, 7950GT and 8800GT. At one stage 'Golden Sample' cards came with a "Free 2 Choose" game voucher which could be redeemed for a downloaded game from [http://www.gainwardgamingzone.com/ www.gainwardgamingzone.com] . The 'Golden Sample' cards now come packaged with a free game.

Gainward had a gap in which they did not produce anything new but they started producing again with the nVidia 8800 GTS series which has brought them back up to date with other companies such as Gigabyte and PNY.

References

* [http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1044/1/page_1_introduction/index.html TweakTown review on the 8800 GTS 640&320MB]
* [http://www.gainward.net Gainward Website]

External links

* [http://www.gainward.net/ Official website]