Finally a real manual

The GT2 is about as full featured as a TNT2 Ultra can get. To make the deal even better, the GT2 has a decent gaming bundle. Most cards from smaller companies ship with just drivers, and maybe a software DVD player. We don’t buy cards for the bundle, but it is cool to get a few free games, as long as it’s not another copy of Forsaken. In the box, you will find the driver disc, Shogo Mobile Infantry, Test Drive 5, WinDVD, and a S-Video cable. As with their motherboards, the GT2 has an excellent manual, an area often overlooked with video cards (and sometimes motherboards for that matter). The manual includes things like block diagrams of the video sub-system, and how to use the Windows Display properties. Although trivial to advanced users, it is essential for less experienced users. Easy to follow instructions to flash the cards BIOS are also in the manual. If you have ever seen an Abit motherboard manual, it is almost exactly the same, well written, easy to read, and complete.

Overclocking the GT2

What would an Abit product be without an overclocking utility? On the drivers disc is a program called GraphicMax, which is used to tweak your GT2. Remember, overclocking will void your warranty, so be careful and don’t make huge changes at once. The default settings for a TNT2 Ultra are 150 core / 183 memory, and using GraphicMax, the GT2 ran stable all the way to 185 core / 215 memory. The benchmarks in the review represent the default values, since not everybody overclocks their video cards. For the review I used the leaked 5.08 drivers, which in my experience are good for between 5%-10% increase in speed.