Hypascend Paradox!

There isn't much to say about this card. Not because it's mediocre or anything, but because it's such a standard design. It uses normal resistors instead of SMD packs, so in theory this should mean it costs less. Whether it actually works out to be cheaper than the others or not depends on the exchange rate to your local currency - it's the only one tested which is made and sold only in the UK.

There are three banks of dip switches, all of them physically different. I'm not sure why this is, if they had mentioned the size differences in the docs I could understand (ie, "move the switches on the small dip switch box to adjust voltage"). The board is wide instead of tall, which I think is a good thing because a taller GFD will give the card more leverage to potentially break your CPU's PCB if you accidentally lean on it with something. Installation was easier on the thumb than with the Afterburner, and the voltages are closer to what they should be. Set to 1.70 volts, I'm getting 1.71-1.73 according to MBM. Voltage also goes up to 2.0 (most others 1.9) but I don't think most sane people would touch anything above 1.8. The power connector is around the back of the device in the same way as the Freespeed, which could be a disadvantage to some (but not to me anymore since I've decided to let a power splitter permanently reside in my case, thus giving me enough extra cable length). There are only 8 switches to control the multiplier as well, which is good since most others use 12.

Possibly the only other drawback about the card is it doesn't use the same or opposite settings for the multiplier setting. On most of the other cards I've seen, the second bank of switches needs to be set to the same or the exact opposite as the first. With this one there doesn't seem to be a pattern. At least there are only 8 to set, which would be the reason why it's not so simple to set up.

Pros:
Low profile
Good documentation, including picture of board layout
12 switches control multiplier and voltage, no extraneous null switches

Cons:
Documentation required for settings
Different dip switches and asynchronous multiplier settings might be a little confusing