BFG Asylum GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 256MB

Some of our readers may only know of BFG Technologies as this year's proud sponsor of Bjorn3D's Hack-o-Lantern contest. In case you fall into that category, here's a couple sentences from their website that I'm sure they'd want you to know about them:

"BFG Technologies is a privately held U.S. based supplier of premium ASYLUM™ brand 3D video cards based on award-winning NVIDIA graphics technology. The employees of BFG Tech are dedicated to bringing the latest high quality, high-tech multimedia products to PC and gaming enthusiasts at competitive prices."

Today, we get to take a look at their highest performing product, the Asylum GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 256MB. Like many of the other companies offering NVIDIA-based solutions, BFG seems to try to differentiate some of their products with unique cooling solutions. I think this board has their best looking and probably best performing cooler yet. It resembles the one that was on the BFG 5900 board, but this time BFG's engineers have employed a heatpipe design for more efficient cooling.

Besides the specs and features listed below, BFG offers free 24/7 technical support and a lifetime warranty on the products it sells. For more information on these policies check out BFG's Tech Support web page.

Specifications:

• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
• Bus Type: AGP
• Memory: 256 MB DDR
• Core Clock: 475 MHz
• Memory Clock: 950 MHz (effective)
• RAMDAC: Dual 400 MHz
• API Support: Microsoft DirectX 9.0, OpenGL
• Connectors: VGA, DVI, S-Video out

Features:

• ASYMLUM custom heatpipe with dual lighted fans
• AGP 8X (compatible with 4X and 2X AGP 2.0 compliant slots)
• Up to 8 pixels per clock rendering engine
• Up to 16 textures per pass
• NVIDIA CineFX 2.0 engine
• NVIDIA nView multi-display technology
• NVIDIA UltraShadow technology

Package Contents:

• Asylum GeForce FX 5950 Ultra graphics card
• Quick Install Manual
• DVI to VGA connector
• Installation CD:
  • NVIDIA ForceWare graphics driver
  • NVIDIA Geforce FX and GeForce 4 demos
  • Full installation manual PDF file
  • NVIDIA NVDVD 2.0 multimedia software
  • Windowblinds BFG/Asylum Windows XP skins

Front of the Box

Back of the Box

Driver CD and Other Stuff

Cables and Connectors