Asus En8600gt Silent Views
ASUS keeps you cool when the gaming is hot with the EN8600GT Silent. Thanks to the custom heat sink and exhaust port, it runs up to 7ºC/12.5ºF cooler! The NVIDIA GeForce8600GT based board is SLI ready and supports Microsoft DirectX10 and Shader Model 4.0 letting you play the most advanced games on the market. And since it comes with 256MB of GDDR3 memory it can run Vista with no problems. Dual DVI ports give you plenty of screen real estate for work or play.
Recently we reviewed the Asus EN8600GT OC GEAR graphics card and came away with slightly mixed feelings about the cooling solution used. The fan employed was unnecessarily loud in our opinion, as we found that lowering the fan speed did not compromise the GPU temperature when stressed. Today we look at the Asus EN8600GT Silent, effectively the same card only this time, passively-cooled. In fact, Asus claims it runs
Experience noiseless 512M on board memory with Heatpipe inside! ASUS Exclusive Innovations ASUS Features Superior Cooling Efficiency EN8600GT SILENT performs 7 degrees cooler than reference design Powerful 512M memory size Built for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ ASUS Splendid : Watching movies on PC is as good as on Top-of-the-line consumer television (under winXP/2000) ASUS Video Security Online: Keep an eye on your home at all times no matter where you are ASUS Gamer OS<…