First thing I have to say about the GIGABYTE 3D1 68GT is it is a great gaming card by itself. In most cases it outperforms a single 7800GT card in games and benchmarks by a significant margin. The idea of putting two video cards on the same card goes back to the old days of 3DFX. The 6800GT was a great card when it was released in 2004, but today it’s been replaced by the 7800GT as the main stream card from the folks at NVIDIA.

The issues I have with the 3D1-68GT include the size, the weight, and finally the price/performance ratio. The size of the card precludes any small form factor PC from using the card due to these factors. Further the card weighs more than a motherboard or any other component on that motherboard and it is a bit of a test on the PCIe slot. The price of this card is around $550.00 retail, making it equivalent in price to an ATI X1800XT video Card, the top of the line solution currently in the ATI lineup, so it’s definitely not a budget product, but in fact geared toward high-end gamers.

Having said all of that, I can recommend this card for owners of GIGABYTE SLI motherboards without qualm. The performance of this card when combined with a fast CPU makes this Dual 6800GT the equal of almost every NVIDIA video card on the market besides the very hard to find elusive 7800GTX 512MB card. If you want the ability to play your games in SLI level performance, but not have to actually get two cards, the new Dual 6800GT is a fine product. Its drawbacks to me beyond what stated earlier is that it only works on Gigabyte SLI motherboards, which does narrow down the user base by quite a margin. Gigabyte has a great idea and a very decent product. It deserves a silver medal in any case due to the sheer guts of Gigabyte engineering and getting this product to market.

Performance- 9 Features- 9 Compatibility- 10 Price- 6 Availability- 6 Setup- 10 Overall Value- 9 Ease of Use- 10 Support- 10 Software- 8 Total: 87