PCWizKid has the opportunity to take a first look at a new contender to the Graphics Card market here in North America with Axle 3D Nvidia based GPU.  the Axle GT 220 512MB DDR3 specifically.  AXLE 3D primarily sells their NVIDIA based products around Asia and Europe which is why you may not have heard of them if you are located in the USA. That is about to change, as they are now expanding to the United States and PCWizKid gets a first hands on sample to test Axles competitive edge over other mainstream GPU's on the market with the Axle GT 220 PCIe graphics card.

PCWizKid's Mainstream Test System

- Jetway MA3785GP AM3 MicroATX Motherboard
- AMD Athlon II X3 435 with stock CPU Cooler
- 2GB DDR3 Kingston HyperX Memory
- SilverStone SG03 Mini Tower Case
- OCZ Mod Extreme PSU
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Edition
- (Room Temperature 21C Celsius)

Video Review

Specifications

Axle3D Geforce GT220 Video Card:
Today digital world is demanding and you need a PC that can keep up. With the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 graphics card, clean up and post your home videos faster, make your ordinary DVDs look like HD, and play popular games with better performance. Get more for your money with GeForce GT 220 graphics and equip your PC for the digital world.

Specification:

• Chipset: Axle3D NVIDIA Geforce GT220
• Memory: 1GB GDDR3
• Core Frequency: 625 MHz
• Memory Frequency: 800Mhz (Effectively 1600 MHz)
• Shader Frequency: 1360Mhz
  
• RAMDAC: 400MHZ
• Interface: PCI-Express 16x & 2.0
• Memory Bus: 128-bit
• Stream Processors: 48
• Video Output: DVI, VGA D-Sub, HDMI
• Additional Features: NVIDIA PureVideo Technology, NVIDIA PhysX, NVIDIA CUDA Technology, Microsoft DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 3.1
• Max. Resolution: 2560 x 1600

System Requirements:

• Intel Pentium 4/III/II/Celeron /Dual Core /AMD K6 /Duron /Athlon/Athlon XP or compatible
• A minimum 350W or higher system power supply
• A PCI Express or PCI-E 2.0 compliant motherboard with full-height free slot
• 50MB of available hard disk space
• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive to load the driver or download it online
• VGA adapter or DVI-I compatible monitor
• Support for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 or above system

Package Content:

• Axle3D NVIDIA Geforce GT220 1GB GDDR3 Video Card
• Installation driver CD
• Quick Installation Guide

Conclusion

PCWizKid's tests results of the AXLE GeForce GT 220 have proven that this card is a solid mainstream performer for its price point of aprox $75 USD. This card brings all the latest and greatest technology from NVIDIA to the table such as full support for HDMI 1.3a, DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4.1, CUDA, PhysX, Direct Compute, 3D Vision and Open CL with great overclocking potential to enhance performance even further. The cooling heat sink and fan which keept the temperatures low and quiet too! Overclocking tests shows the performance this core can output, when the right clocks are given to it it did as good or better than the 9600 GSO!!! PCWizKid looks forward to reviewinf more Axle3D cards as they become available and easier to get here in North America.  Currently the US e-tailer, Fookbuy.com sells them, we eagerly wait for it at Newegg.comone day.