GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 6-Way Shootout review - 9 - 9600 GT ECS OC edition (2)

The cooling unit however is huge! A harrier-jet might be able to land on there pretty easily. The two DVI ports support simultaneous HDCP and dual-link (meaning a possible resolutions up-to 2560 x 1600 with your bitching 30" monitor). This has been a possibility since NVIDIA's release of 65nm products and this is the second card in the series to boast this feature, others being incapable of the feat.

With the 7-pin HDTV-out mini-din, a user can plug an S-video cable directly into the connector, or use a dongle for YPrPb (component) or composite outputs. The prior 9-pin HDTV-out mini-din connector required a dongle to use S-video, YPrPb and composite outputs.

Now when we flip the card around, it's like a giant turtle on its back. Here, we can see how tall the heatsink really is.Nnow take a good peek at the SLI finger; that's right, SLI is just not possible. Let's have a look at some more photos.

The two copper heatpipes that bind together to the GPU block. Arctic Cooling actually pre-applies their MX-2 thermal compound to the base of all their heatsinks.

Here we can see the card installed. It's quite something to look at. Mind you that it is important to have some sort of airflow in your PC, as that airflow will move the heat around.