Galaxy 9600GT Low Profile Low Power Review
by MrK on May.05, 2009, under Articles, News, Technology
Eye Candy: The Card Exterior
Let’s have a look at Galaxy’s GT 9600.
The card comes wrapped in an anti-static bag. On taking it out, its quite a surprise how small this card is, especially if you are used to large cards like GTX 285 or HD 4870-X2. The length of the card is 8.5 inches. This will allow it to fit in most cases without the worry of obscircuitrytructing the hard drive cables.
This card features a single-slot cooler with half-height PCB. There is no external 6-pin power connector, hence the name “Low Power Low Profile”. This card will also make a perfect card for PhysX due to these qualities. The fan doesn’t look like it can cool much but we will find that out later.
Here is the side profile on the card and the back of the PCB.
Output options include native HDMI port plus a DVI port. Users with HTPC’s would appreciate the presence of a HDMI port on here.
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June 29th, 2010 on 8:51 pm
Hi. I think this is a great looking card. I would love to put in my machine (acer small form desktop, amd dual core, 4gb ddr2) But I worry about power load because my machine has a teeny tiny 220watt psu. I can’t and don’t want to upgrade because the psu is a proprietary acer form that I cant upgrade easily. It sucks.
What would I risk trying this card on my machine? How can I find out if this would be suitable for my situation? Thanks and great review!!
June 29th, 2010 on 10:18 pm
I think it should be fine
June 30th, 2010 on 1:42 pm
thanks!
July 16th, 2010 on 2:06 am
Update:
Just got this card, put it in my small form Acer. It’s very snug and it gets really hot, but it seems to work fine. I drilled some extra holes in the case, but maybe I need some more. Right now it’s idling at 61 C after cooling off from a short time under load where it reached 80 C. I don’t know if this is normal or not. No crashes yet, but I guess I’ll continue to baby it a bit.
Thanks for this great article!