7 - 9600 GT BFG OC edition (2)

Alright as you can see, a 100% reference based board & PCB design. Though you will see a few custom design boards today I have to admit that the reference based cards work, look and perform pretty equal compared to the customized versions. Even the fan is silent and cooling optimal.

Yes my man, the backside, toosh, hiny, bottocks. Ehm, yeah I prefer the real thing too; next slide please :)

I wonder at what point in time we'll see HDMI embedded here. Graphics cards these days are getting pretty darn popular for HD playback through HTPC's. A lot of you already have connected your PCs towards an LCD-HD television. Good stuff! I hope to see HDMI/Displayport integrated more this year. Make no mistake, at GPU level everything is ready for both standards.

Again, a SLI finger, we'll take a closer look at SLI performance in another article to be released very soon, by the way. Two of these cards combined should be a pretty interesting sweet spot performance versus money wise.

At the rear-end just like the reference model, the 6-pin power connector. Your mainboard can supply a maximum of 75 Watts over the PCIe slot, the card can peak towards 90 Watts. This is why the card needs an extra voltage rail in the circuitry;  6-pin power connectors are found on any modern power supply. If you don't have one, don't worry. BFG inserted a Molex to 6-pin converter for you in the package.

The glamour shot. Dang, if that PCB would have been black it would have been a notch more delicious to look at. BFG has a reflective sticker slapped on that cooler and it looks pretty reflecting the inner UV lighting.

Gawd I'm such a geek.