"Nvidias Geforce GT 220 benötigt trotz 40-Nanometer-GPU mehr Strom als AMDs ältere 55-Nanometer-Karten Radeon HD 3870 und Radeon HD 4670. Beide Radeons bieten mehr Spieleleistung, kosten jedoch auch 10 bis 20 Euro mehr. In Sachen Lautheit überzeugen die von uns getesteten GT-220-Karten ebenfalls nur teilweise - die Leistungsaufnahme der GPU (etwa 40 Watt in der Spitze) ließe sich problemlos passiv abführen."

"Das Ganze hat allerdings noch einen Haken: Denn so macht es derzeit den Anschein, als würde die Low-End-Karte zu Beginn für einen Preis von 60 bis 65 Euro über die Ladentheke wandern, was definitiv zu viel ist. Denn für den Preis kann selbst schon eine bessere GeForce 9600 GT oder alternativ eine günstigere Radeon HD 4670 ergattert werden. Bei ATi fehlt dem Käufer zwar die CUDA-Unterstützung, jedoch können viele Kunden darauf wahrscheinlich verzichten. Fällt der Preis dagegen auf etwa 50 Euro oder darunter, macht man mit der GeForce GT 220 in einem HTPC oder einem Rechner mit geringen Ansprüchen nichts verkehrt – so lange die Lautstärke geringer ausfällt oder nur eine untergeordnete Rolle spielt."

"This is turning out to be a rough fall for NVIDIA. AMD has them undoubtedly beat in price-to-performance on the high-end of the market. And with today’s launch of the GT 220, it looks like AMD has them beat on the low-end too. There are very few NVIDIA cards that offer the right level of price and performance right now; the GT 220 is not one of those cards."

"There's a bit of hidden performance behind the cooler and we've got native HDMI port and a single slot solution. It wouldn't do too bad in a home theater system (HTPC) and as we said, if you're looking for something to play those old games at lower resolutions, it could be the right card for you. "

"Nvidia (and partners) have created a card with a strong balance of performance to power while keeping the temperatures at a very respectable level. Our overclocked model never rose above 61 degrees Celsius and does not require an additional power cable. Framerates across all of our tests were ideal and exceeded the Radeon 4650. Additionally, we also have the option to use PhysX on the GT 220, a feature which ATI lack."

"The GT 220 competes well with the Radeon HD 4650 but we do recommend you to look into the Radeon HD 4670 as it outperforms this product at roughly the same price. Then again, if you are into gaming .. we doubt you are even looking at this card as a viable option as you'd be compromising consistently on image quality."

"When compared to the one-year old Radeon HD 4670, which sits at an even lower price point, the HD 4670 wins in Performance, Price, Perf/Watt, Perf/Dollar. Out of these criteria for a low-end card the most important is price. Just price, not price/performance - 3D performance doesn't matter for 2D/Aero desktop. Right now the GT 220 cards are going for $70-$80, which is clearly too high. Thanks to the 40 nm process NVIDIA can make those GPUs really, really cheap. This, in my opinion, is the whole point of this product: cheaper GPUs for NVIDIA, better margins. In order to be able to compete in the retail market, the price of these cards has to go down to the $50 region."

"I am not that happy with Zotac's implementation of the GeForce GT 220, for some reason (probably cost) they chose the low memory clock speed of 790 MHz and used 1 GB of GDDR3. While 1 GB GDDR3 might read nice it has absolutely no performance impact on this kind of product, there is a difference at 2560x1600, but you are not going to game on a $1000 display with a $80 card. Another point is the fan noise, even though it is quiet there is still a lot of room for optimization here."