Stock Performance Before we get into the Theatre Computing section, I wanted to quickly show the benchmark results of both stock and overclocked performance.

3D Mark 03 CodeCreatures SisoftSandra Information img src='http://pcextreme.net/reviews/9700ProAIW/Sandra-VideoSystemInfo.jpg'> If you take a look at those scores, they are pretty good for a stock card.

Overclocking Performance Here are the overclocked benchmarks. The card is a fairly good overclocker, although it seemed to quickly come to an abrupt halt as to how far I could push it. Here are the clock speeds real quick too: stock - Core: 324.0 Memo: 310.5 OC 1 - Core: 353.25 Memo: 344.25 OC 2 - Core: 400.50 Memo: 380.25

3D Mark 03 - 1 3D Mark 03 - 2

Benchmarking Conclusions I thought this card overclocked nicely. It ran into some limitations fairly quickly however, and it forced me to lower the OC on the card a bit. The problems we ran into were mostly that of staticy looking graphics, lines and other pixels out of place, and that sort of thing. After a while the card would lock up the operating system and cause a reboot. Although card is a great performer, overclocked or not, it isn't exactly designed to handle the temperatures of overclocking, and thusly I would suggest you just leave it at stock. This cards high points mostly lie in the Video In/Out features.

Ok, now to the guts of the review. Next up, dinner and a movie...