The Asus V9999 GE proved to be a great surprise to us, firstly with its enhanced specs and secondly with how competitive it was with the X800. Other than the one blip in performance in Colin McRae the card provided great framerates across the board. A particular highlight, as expected, was Doom 3 where the 6800 opened up a decent performance margin over the X800.

Also worth considering is the mod-ability of this card, we didn’t get a chance to try the recently discovered softmod in rivatuner however due to the PCB design/memory type and dual molex if any 6800 card is ideal for modding to an ultra its more than likely this. Our overclocking tests further confirm this theory as the card happily reaches Ultra clockspeeds.