ECS GeForce GT240 512MB Video Card Review :: Card

Card

Arctic Cooling fan

Top view

Heatsink

Starting with the cooler for the graphics chip, as stated before ECS uses an Arctic Cooling Accelero L2 cooler which uses a heatsink with a large 11-fin fan 120mm fan. This solution effectively cools the graphics chip much better than the standard VGA cooler found on a reference GeForce GT240 card. The cooling is a 2-slot solution, which can easily be changed to a single slot solution at the cost of the improved cooling.

PCI Express

Capacitor

another capacitor

Fan power

The back of the card has four screw mounts to hold the Accelero L2 cooler in place. The card’s Part Number and Manufacturer Number sticker is on the back. The GeForce GT240 does not require the high power of a GeForce GTX 285 or 295 and can operate off the 75W of power the PCI Express slot provides. There is, therefore, no need for a 6-pin or 8-pin power connector as found on most modern video cards.

Back of PCB

Rear of card

Rear view 2

IO

One feature that did not make the cut on the GeForce GT240 was SLI. NVIDIA feels that SLI is a feature meant for gaming enthusiasts and the feature is not available to the owners of the mainstream cards like the GT240. The Front I/O bracket consists of a Dual-Link DVI port, a VGA port and a HDMI port, the three most popular monitor connections on the market today. If you want to use two Dual-Link DVI or HDMI or VGA monitors, an adapter is required.