Chaintech Volari V3 Review (3)
Jon 6 Sept 2004

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The Chaintech Volari V3 card comes in a neat packaging :

One of the first points which struck me when examing the card is its size : the card is small, very small. The card is indeed built using a low profile form factor, which explains the small size of the card. Another noticeable point is the cooling system of the card : the card is totally fanless and only has a heatsink to cool the graphics processor, which makes the card totally silent. The GPU doesn’t get all that hot anyway, so the heatsink is pretty much all you need. Even though it does not use any fan, the card was surprisingly cool, even after a long period of use.

Here's a close-up picture of the card:

As we mentionned previously, the Chaintech Volari V3 is one of the rare cards priced under $50 featuring a DVI port. Of course, the card also features TV-Out and VGA ports.

The back of the card:

I half expected the card not to have any software bundled with it (other than the drivers) like other cards in the same price range. I was delighted to be proven wrong as Chaintech chose to bundle the card with the image editing software Adobe Photoshop Album. The card also comes with the usual cables, a manual and the drivers. Not bad at all for $47!

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