PNY 8800GTX 768MB XLR8 Edition
By Max Slowik
June 22, 2007

When I played with Asus' 8800GTX, I was disappointed. It wasn't special.It was a stock-clocked GTX, with a stock trimmings, a simple bundle, at a price well above the competition. It didn't even overclock that well.

What we have here from PNY is a stock-overclocked 8800GTX, part of their “XLR8” line of enthusiast hardware, and it's one of the least expensive 8800GTXs on the market. It has no bundle to speak of—outside of the driver disk, cables, and a handful of adapters, all necessary inclusions—therefore nothing to drive up the price.

It's arguable that PNY doesn't have the reputation with hardcore gamers that companies like ASUS do. But neither company actually makes these cards. They're made for NVIDIA in the same factory and get slapped with different stickers.

And in this case, PNY picked out some cards that run a little faster, and put their stickers on 'em. A lower price and a stock overclock, on top of some sexy black PCB; what's not to love? Not the bundle, anyway.

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