BFG Asylum FX 5900 Ultra

As many of our readers might know, I’m one of the few on our site who has been using ATI cards for the past year. Because of this, it took a bit longer for me to finally get my hands on an NVIDIA FX 5900 Ultra card, and I’ve been looking forward to it. I looked forward to it not just because I love to play with the new and cool stuff. No, the most important reason is that during the year I’ve been using the ATI cards, NVIDIA somehow has gotten a bad reputation. If you listen to some sites, NVIDIA cards now are slow, have bad Image Quality and quite frankly suck. I really wanted to find out if this was true. Are NVIDIA’s cards no longer worth buying?

BFG was kind enough to supply me one of their top of the line Asylum FX5900 Ultra cards for this review.

When you say BFG to any teenager, most will probably think of the Big F… Gun in Doom/Quake. I’m not sure but I wouldn’t be surprised if the guys behind BFG Technologies actually were thinking about that when naming their company. BFG was founded by some ex-Visiontek employees when Visiontek was slowly moving out of the picture and is a company that aims to please the gamers among us. Their philosophy is: “By the Gamer For the Gamer”. Their commitment to gamers is evident by the fact that they themselves host LAN events several times a year.

BFG Tech has so far only released NVIDIA cards, and it is no surprise that they now also have brought out an NV35 based card, the FX 5900 Ultra. Their whole product line goes by the name ‘Asylum,’ and that theme is evident on their site, their box art and their manuals.

The box art is a bit special

The FX5900 Ultra is currently the top of the line card from NVIDIA. The specifications and features are:

Specifications

Features

The bundle is not as impressive. The card comes with VIVO cables, DVI to VGA adapter, drivers, Windowsblinds BFG/Asylum Win XP skin, NVIDIA NVDVD 2.0 and VideoStudio 7 SE DVD.

The bundle

When you buy a card as high priced as the FX 5900 Ultra, you want to make sure the warranty is good. Many companies use a lifetime warranty that only lasts as long as the card is still being made or kept in stock. With the speed that graphics cards are getting outdated these days, it could mean that a lifetime warranty really is just a warranty for 1-2 years. BFG however sees things differently.

BFG Technologies is proud to warrant the original purchaser of the hardware products included in this package (“Products”) that the Products will be free from defects in material or workmanship for the lifetime of the product when given normal wear and proper usage. This warranty is valid if the product(s):

1. Were not damaged while being installed.
2. Were not damaged by software or hardware from a company or individual other than BFG Technologies or by motherboard incompatibility.
3. Were operated in accordance with BFG Technologies specifications, instructions and any technical support directions.
4. Were not damaged by overclocking, tampering, user error, accident, disaster, abuse, misuse, power supply, power application, alteration, repair, modification, a fix or replacement by someone other than BFG Technologies.

BFG Technologies reserves the right to inspect and verify the defectiveness of any product returned. This warranty does not apply to any software component