Nakon dugo vremena testirali smo grafičku karticu u AGP varijanti i nismo požalili. Početkom izbacivanja GeForce 7 serije nVidia nije najavila da će ista izaći sa AGP varijantama kartica, no to se ipak dogodilo. Lijepo je vidjeti da netko razmišlja na one koji još nisu promjenili svoju platformu sa AGP na PCIe, a željeli bi iskusiti nove igre odnosno tehnologije. Za takve, Leadtek WinFast A7800 GS TDH nameće se kao vrlo dobar izbor, prvenstveno zbog dobrih performansi i još boljeg overclockerskog potencijala. Na karticu je ugrađen single-slot hladnjak koji svoj posao obavlja vrlo dobro, a buka koju proizvodi ventilator je mala. Dakako, ne smijemo zaboraviti na prilično lijepu opremu koja se isporučuje s karticom.

Realno jedina negativna strana kartice je cijena koja se kreće oko 2300 kuna. Ovakva visoka cijena je i bila za očekivati pošto je na tržištu prisutan manjak AGP visoke klase. Uzmemo li u obzir navedene performanse i cijenu, ne možemo ne prešutjeti jedan detalj koji ubada u oči, a to je nedostatak drugog DVI izlaza. Premda dosta ljudi još uvijek rabi CRT monitore, integracija dva DVI-a izlaza ne bi bila naodmet. Sve u svemu, ako ste u potrazi za nadogradnjom svog sistema baziranog na matičnoj ploči s AGP konektorom, teško da ćete naći bolje rješenje od Leadtek WinFast A7800 GS TDH.

Conclusion in english

After a long time we had an opportunity to test another AGP graphic card. We took the opportunity and didn’t regret it one bit. During the inital launch of GeForce 7 series, nVidia did not announce that cards based on the new GPU will be available as AGP parts, but eventually AGP cards based on GeForce 7 chip, like this one from Leadtek, arrived on the market. Truth to say, it is nice to see that someone still cares for people which haven’t switched to PCI-E platform, but still want to enjoy new games based on advanced technology. For such users, Leadtek WinFast A7800 GS TDH positions itself as pretty good solution. Leadtek’s card has very good performance, good overclocking potential and it supports modern technologies like SM3.0 and HDR. At the same time, card has very efficient stock cooler which is relatively small (single slot solution) and which doesn’t produce much noise. Same can be said about bundle (2x quality games, all adapters and cables + DVD software).

Only problem with this card, at least from the buyers perspective, is rather high price – about 2300 kn in croatian shops. We expected high price because market is not exactly filled with more powerfull AGP cards. Given shown performanse and price, we can’t skip one more detail – only one DVI connector. Altough many people still use CRT monitors, integration of two DVI ports wouldn’t be an overkill on this card. All in all, if you are seraching for video card upgrade for your system based on a motheboard with AGP port, you will have trouble finding a solution equally good as Leadtek WinFast A7800 GS TDH.