| ASUS EN7600GT Silent |
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| Brand |
ASUS |
| Model |
EN7600GT Silent |
| Graphics Chip |
G73 |
| Graphics Memory Type |
DDR3 |
| Memory (MB) |
256 |
| Graphics Core Clock (MHz) |
500 |
| Memory Clock (MHz) |
1400 |
| Memory Speed (ns) |
1.4 |
| RAMDAC Frequency (MHz) |
Dual 400 |
| Active Cooling on Graphics Chip |
No |
| Heatsink on Memory |
Yes |
| Video Capture |
Yes |
| Ports |
|
| Dual Monitor Support |
Yes |
| VGA Out |
2x DVI-I |
| Video In and Out |
7-pin HDTV Out |
| Package and Support |
|
| Printed Manual |
Yes |
| Driver CD |
Yes |
| Performance Tool Software |
Coolbits |
| Major Games |
Xpand Rally, King Kong |
| Major Software |
None |
| VR Glasses |
No |
| DVD Player Software |
None |
| Video Recording Software |
N/A |
The first thing you are going to notice on the 7600GT Silent card is the total lack of a cooling fan. The 7600GT chip is cooled instead by a small heat sink that covers the graphics chip and a heat pipe that transfers the heat from the graphics chip to the fin on the top of the graphics chip. The rear of the card also contains a heat sink. In operation the chip is cooled efficiently. The optimal location of that fin is perpendicular to the graphics card covering the CPU cooler. If the card is used in SLI mode, the fins need to be parallel to the cards, or else the fins interfere with the other graphics card.
If you have a small case, like a Shuttle XPC, the fin may cause the card not to fit at all, as the fin makes the card taller than the PCI Express lock. One thing the fin does is provide extra weight to the card. I love the concept of the silent graphics card; it contrasts greatly with the cooling on the X1900XTX which sounds like a jet engine at startup.
ASUS's card has 256MB of GDDR-3 memory in 8 32MB chips. The chips are situated on the front of the graphics card, only partially covered by the heat sink on the front of the PCB. ASUS decided to use 1.4ns DDR3 memory, giving a clock speed of 700MHz for the memory (1.4GHz effective). This gives the card a memory bandwidth of 22.4GB/second (128-bit bus/8 bits per bytex2x700).
The rear connector block has two Dual-Link DVI-I connectors and a Mini-DIN connector. A Single Link DVI connector can drive a monitor to 1920x1080 at 60Hz. For higher resolutions you need a Dual Link DVI-I port (for monitors like the Dell 3007 30" LCD). Dual monitors can be utilized by having two Digital LCD monitors, a LCD+CRT, two CRTs (via included adapters) and TV with the TV-Out.
