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April 14, 2008 by Lawrence
Lee
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Product
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Asus EN9600GT Silent/HTDI/512M
PCI-E Video Card |
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Manufacturer
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ASUSTeK |
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Suggested Retail
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US$179 |
Video cards are one of the toughest components to cool in a PC. Its location
within the ATX form factor case, the limited amount of space around it, and
the lack of tertiary cooling makes heat dissipation challenging. To complicate
matters, graphics processing units have become extremely complex, and many have
more raw computing power than CPUs. nVidia's latest, the Geforce 9800 series,
has more than a billion transistors. But over the past year or so, efficiency
has been improving at an even faster rate. Power draw often now decreases with
a new generation GPU — ATI's
HD 3800 series graphics cards are a good example. With lower power demands,
cooling is becoming easier and lower speed fans can be employed. Long gone are
the days when you would have to put up with a blow dryer in their system to
get the best in gaming performance — some now deaf users remember the the
Geforce FX 5800 well.
Asus has not been shy to experiment with video card coolers; they are one of
the few companies who routinely push the reference cooler aside. Currently,
they seem to have developed a fondness for radial coolers such as the one found
on the EN8600GT OC Gear.
They also offer a large variety of passively cooled cards. Asus' latest card,
the EN9600GT Silent edition, is their most powerful, fanless graphics card to
date. With the same clock speeds as the reference Geforce 9600GT, there's no
compromise in exchange for the absence of noise. The 9600GT GPU supports DirectX
10, Shader Model 4.0, and the PCI-Express 2.0 standard, and touts twice as many
stream processors and increased clock speeds across the board compared to its
predecessor, the 8600GTS.
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The EN9600GT Silent comes in a ridiculously ginormous box.
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More than half of the packaging is for accessories, none of which require
the extra space. The box could easily have been half the size. We hope
Asus isn't overcompensating for something.
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| Model Model |
EN9600GT SILENT/HTDI/512M |
| Graphics Engine |
GeForce 9600GT |
| Video Memory |
512M DDR3 |
Engine Clock
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650 MHz |
| Shader Clock |
1625MHz |
| Memory Clock |
1.8GHz (900MHz DDR3) |
Memory Interface
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256 bit |
| DVI Max. Resolution |
2560 * 1600 |
| Bus Standard |
PCI Express 2.0 |
| DVI Output |
DVI-I * 2 |
| HDCP compliant |
YES |
| HDMI Output |
YES, via DVI to HDMI adaptor** |
| D-Sub Output |
YES, via DVI to D-Sub adaptor |
| HDTV Output |
YES, via HDTV Out cable |
| TV Output |
YES, via S-Video to Composite |
| Adaptor/Cable Bundled |
DVI-to-D-Sub adaptor
HDTV-out cable
Power Cable
DVI-to-HDMI adaptor
S/PDIF cable |
| Software Bundled |
ASUS Utilities & Driver |
| Notes |
**To enable HDMI audio out
function, a motherboard with internal S/PDIF header and the correct connection
of S/PDIF cable with graphics card and motherboard are needed. |
• System Fan in chassis is recommended
for using the SILENT graphics card
• For the best heat dissipating results, please place the PC in a location
with good ventilation
• Specifications, PCB color and bundled software versions are subject
to change without notice
• Brand and product names mentioned are trademarks of their respective
companies |
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