Guru3D looked at the Galaxy GF9600GT and writes “…….Noise always has been an issue with graphics cards. The past few years however manufacturers have put more emphasis on cooling solutions that though are high performance, are silent. Every now and then however there are some companies out there releasing a product completely passively cooled…….”.
“……. We now tested the first in a two-fold of passively cooled GeForce 9600 GT products. This one comes from the lads at Galaxy and is completely heatpipe based. There are situations where passive cooling can be ideal – Home Theater PCs for example. Or even the common desktop PC if you game heavily and you like the lack of noise as much as I do. But is it any good ?…..”.
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