Zogis Overclocked GeForce 7300 GT Review

Conclusions

We were absolutely stunned by this video card. By its specs we expected that it would reach a performance between GeForce 6600 and GeForce 6600 GT, however it achieve a performance very close to GeForce 6600 GT. Thus calling this video card “entry-level” is completely unfair.

Since it was released, GeForce 6600 GT is one of our preferred video cards, and we don’t get tired of recommending it to users that want a video card with a performance better than entry-level models but not willing to buy expensive models. Reasonable priced, it delivers a great performance for its price tag. This model from Zogis, however, provides an even better cost/benefit ratio: its maximum suggested price for the North American market is only USD 80, while GeForce 6600 GT will cost you at least USD 120 for the 128 MB model (and the reviewed card had 256 MB). GeForce 6600 GT price has been dropping a lot because of new cheaper video cards like this one, though.

Unfortunately we didn’t have the latest “entry-level” card from ATI, Radeon X1300 XT, for comparison but the reviewed card was far faster than Radeon X1300 Pro, which we have already though to be a terrific video card and gave high praises for it. You know what? Forget about Radeon X1300 Pro!

There is a catch, however. Our review is entirely based on 1024×768 resolution, which is considered a low resolution by today’s standards. However we believe this product is targeted to entry-level gamers, people that want to play during the weekend with a performance better than the one provided by entry-level cards. Of course if you want to play at 1600×1200 or even above that, you will probably want to buy a mid-range card. But for the average user, this card will do the job.

We were impressed by Zogis, a newcomer that provides a video card that has everything Average Joe wants: great price and great performance, plus it comes factory-overclocked, thus providing a performance better than competing models from other manufacturers. In our review, this overclocked model from Zogis was up to 20% faster than standard NVIDIA model (the performance difference was more visible when we enabled image quality enhancements).

We don’t know what else to say. Just buy it!