Foxconn 8800 GTX Graphics Card

INTRODUCTION

We at Bjorn3D are becoming quite the experts on NVIDIA's 8800 series of graphics cards. With the inclusion of today's review this will make our tenth different 8800 series card from five different manufacturers.

Foxconn is no stranger to graphics cards as they manufacture an extremely high percentage of all the NVIDIA based cards on the market. When we say manufacture we're talking taking the bare PCB and turning it into a finished graphics card. The finished products are then shipped to the appropriate company who in turn puts its name and logo on the card and encloses it in the appropriate packaging to ship to distributors and various retail outlets.

When I was contacted by Isaac Poon, Marketing Manager for Foxconn's Channel Division about reviewing this card I wasn't the least bit hesitant! I knew that given their vast experience in the OEM market that their retail product would more than likely be superior. Join us today as we run the Foxconn model FV-N88XMAD2-OD 8800 GTX graphics card through its paces and confirm if my thoughts are true.

Foxconn: The Company

For those of you who are new to the computer enthusiast arena Foxconn may not be a corporate name that you are readily familiar with. On the other hand those of you that have been around for a while are probably very familiar with Foxconn motherboards. My guess is that most of Bjorn3D's readers are not aware that Foxconn is one of the extremely small number of manufacturers that actually make and assemble NVIDIA based graphics cards as well for all the other companies that market them. Chances are you've already owned a Foxconn manufactured card and never even knew it. You probably aren't aware that in addition to motherboards and graphics cards Foxconn also manufactures: cases, coolers, barebones computer systems, power supplies, card readers, and wireless cards.

Over the past year or more Foxconn has begun a gradual corporate face lift which exudes more of a retail presence. This change probably was first noticed and really taken to heart by the computer enthusiasts when Foxconn launched the immensely popular C51XEM2AA motherboard, a reference standard motherboard for the AMD AM2 prcessor. Foxconn recently brought their retail presence to bear in the graphics card arena. This move while in no way associated with the untimely demise of Leadtek as a major player in the US graphics card market, should certainly fill a major void.

Foxconn is the registered trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of advanced computer, communications, and consumer electronics components, including motherboards, graphics cards, CPU coolers, barebone systems, and chassis for personal computer desktops and servers. With over three decades of demonstrated manufacturing excellence, Hon Hai sets the standard in the industry for product quality and reliability, customer support, and value. In 2005 Hon Hai had sales of $25 billion (USD).

The Channel Service Division (CSD), part of the PCE Business Group of Hon Hai, is Hon Hai's worldwide organization for servicing channel customers. Guided by the mantra "The Art of More", CSD is dedicated to making it simpler and more affordable for its customers to offer superior information systems to their consumer and enterprise customers. CSD serves a network of distributors and OEM customers in Asia, EMEA, and the Americas.