Pros Good availability Great Performance in 3D 6 yr. Warranty Select your own games Good motion compensation in DVD playback

Cons Expensive Unneeded extras in drivers Not as overclockable as hoped and not purple CPU dependent AA

For games today, you will probably need as much horsepower you can get when you want to play at the best levels. But some might not be willing to pay an arm and a leg for 10fps. But there are others that would pay and arm and a leg and their parent's arms and legs for 10fps. These are the guys that the Gladiac caters to, the extreme gamers who want to play the best they can play.

The Gladiac has its perks. It was the first one to get to the market so there was plenty of time for improvements and driver fixes (new one is available at elsa.com). Since it was the first one out, it sold tremendously well and has since been getting good sales. Buying this card is a hefty investment with prices reaching $350 but if you want the absolute fastest card there is, The Gladiac might be one of the fastest. We'll have a few more GTS cards on our meat choppers this month. The extra features the Gladiac has such as the extra software for tweaking your visuals is great for professionals but not really necessary for gamers. What I neglected to mention before but should is the games bundle. There is none but there is something better. When you purchase a Gladiac, Elsa lets you pick your own games (3 of them) for free and lets you purchase others at OEM prices. This is great because I usually don't like the games that come bundled with other boards. Bundle all this with a 6-year warranty and you'll probably have the best combination of features and performance there is. I was very impressed with the Gladiac's 2D performance and ecstatic about the 3D performance. This is one card that I wont be putting down anytime soon. The only bad part is the price =).

Rating: 8.5/10 SystemLogistics