Though the S-video port on the back of the 5900 Turbo is marked simply “TV-out”, the card does include the Phillips MPEG Encoder\Decoder chip for full VIVO capabilities.
Unlike the FX 5600 Turbo, the molex power connector on the FX 5900 Turbo is an absolute requirement.
I’ve tested quite a few Albatron video cards, and all of them have impressed me with incredible overclockability. The FX 5900 Turbo proved to be no exception. One important thing to note when testing for the limits of a FX 5900 card, is that the drivers include thermal throttling.
When in standard (2d) mode, the core runs at 300mhz, and temperatures stay fairly cool. However, when in 3d mode (especially when overclocked) the core temp rises in a hurry, and if it gets to hot, the card will automatically reduce core speed. What this basically means is that increasing the clock speed until Coolbits reports an error no longer works, as eventually benchmark scores will start to decrease when core clockspeeds are causing excessive heat. Basically, you’ll have to experiment until you can find the peak before throttling kicks in. For my particular FX 5900 Turbo sample, that peak was 475mhz core, which beats most other FX5900s out there, and comes very close to the limits of FX5900 Ultra cards based on the Flextronics board. Maximum memory speed was 965mhz, Which is a nice 115mhz boost over default.
