GeForce 6800 series round-up

• BFG GeForce 6800 GT OC
• Chaintech Apogee AA6800
• eVGA e-GeForce 6800 Ultra
• inno3D GeForce 6800
• PNY GeForce 6800 GT

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Now that I've dealt with each card and manufacturer individually, I have to take a moment to chastise everyone. Apart from tweaked clock speeds and a couple of colored boards, none of the cards do anything terribly unique with cooling, card design, or aesthetics. Of the five cards we looked at, none offer VIVO, passive cooling, inexpensive dual DVI outputs, or noteworthy improvements on NVIDIA's reference design. Since the GeForce 6800-series is so new, I can't complain too much. Manufacturers may need time to engineer radical changes. As the 6800 series matures, I hope we'll see more card-level variety in the future.

So which manufacturer's GeForce 6800-series offering is right for you? That depends on your priorities. If you're a gamer and haven't experienced the lush jungles of Far Cry, eVGA's e-GeForce cards look pretty good. If you're looking for overclocking in the box and a fantastic warranty, BFG's "OC" series is the way to go. If you want to balance the bundle, warranty, a little extra performance without dropping too much money, Chaintech has an Apogee AA6800 with your name on it. Finally, if you're pinching pennies, the offerings from inno3D and PNY offerings are available at slightly lower prices, but with fewer extras. See, I told you picking a board manufacturer wasn't easy.