PCWizKid has been asked by many to make more reviews on mainstream video cards such as the one we have today.  The Geforce GT 240 512MB DDR5 from Axle3D.  The nVidia GT 240 was released end of last year and is a value video card and next level up from a GT 220.  Still this is a low power consumption video card and is epected to run cooler while delivering better performance than a 9600 GSO.  The Axle3D GT 240 has support for Windows 7’s key features such as DirectCompute and drag and drop video conversion. and DirectX 10.1 so you will be able to enjoy the latest OS and games.  One thing this video card is not meant for is SLI setups since there is no connector for it, but then again this video card is meant to be used as a single mainstream 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 Celcius)

Video Review

World of Warcraft, Darkest of Days, and Left 4 Dead.  Experience ultra-realistic in game effects in games like Batman: Arkham Asylum at speeds 2x faster than the competition with NVIDIA® PhysX® technology!

Specification:

• Chipset: Axle3D NVIDIA Geforce GT240 (GT215 GPU , 40nm)
  
• Memory: 512GB GDDR5
• Core Frequency: 550 MHz
• Memory Frequency: 1700 MHz
• Shader Frequency: 1340Mhz
  
• RAMDAC: 400MHZ
• Interface: PCI-Express 16x & 2.0
• Memory Bus: 128-bit
• Stream Processors:96
• 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 GT240 512GB GDDR5 Video Card
• Installation driver CD
• Quick Installation Guide

Conclusion

Benefits

• A Full PhysX and 3D Vision Experience at under $99
• Games run over 50% faster with a GeForce GT 240 as a dedicated PhysX GPU and a higher-end GPU like a GTX 275 as the graphics GPU
• HD content playback and creation acceleration with new video processing features and 96 CUDA cores
• Nice black PCB, quality solid state capacitors
• Custom performance cooler
• Nice connectivity of DVI, SUB-D and HDMI

PCWizKid's appreciates Axle's use of the Article cooling solution to a regular fan.  Definitly you can see the difference in temperatures which were low.  Overclocking potential is great which increases the performance to that of a ATI HD4770 which was amazing.  Currently the US e-tailer, Fookbuy.com sells them.