There are so many different video cards in the market these days that it is hard to make a choice on which one to get for your system. Between your budget, brand preference or whatever, which one is the best for you? For nVidia cards, there are cards that will blow your monitor off, but for the majority of builders the prices are outrageous. Overall, the GeForce 8800 GT seems to be the sweet spot between price and power. But in the $200+ range, that is still too much for some. But what if you could get an 8800 GT that cost less with only 256MB of memory and through a simple BIOS update turn that card into one with 512MB of memory?

Skeptical yet? I was too until I received the ECS GeForce 8800 GT 256MB video card to review. ECS sells this as a 256MB 8800 GT card so the price is lower then its 512MB counterpart, but here is the catch. ECS has a BIOS update that unleashes an additional of 256MB of memory, making the card have a total of 512MB. But where does this extra memory come from? How is the performance compared to the card having 256MB or another 8800 GT with 512MB? There is only one way to find out and that is to test the card, but before that let’s go take a look at this baby.

• http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/ecs_8800gt/