5 - Photo's

The Photos

On the next few pages we'll show you some photos. The images were taken at 2560x1920 pixels and then scaled down. The camera used was a Sony DCS-F707 5.1 MegaPixel.

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.

Tthe backside of the card also referred to as, toosh, hiny, bottocks. Notice the SLI finger, we'll take a closer look at SLI performance today, by the way. Two of these cards combined should be a pretty interesting sweet spot performance versus money wise.

I wonder at what point in time we'll see HDMI embedded on the cards, the board partners are hesitating so much. 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.

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. Inno3D inserted a Molex to 6-pin converter for you in the package.

The glamour shot. Dang, if that PCB had been black it would have been a notch more delicious to look at.