By Lars Weinand - Editor In Chief RIVA Station / Editor Tom´s Hardware Guide

ASUS, continued:

The heatsink only has a small heat dissipation area.

The heatsink/ fan combination does a good job, offering satisfactory cooling performance at bearable noise levels. But despite its size, the heatsink is not very effective. Its large and flat surface offers little potential for heat dissipation. The memory chips receive no cooling at all.

2,8 ns BGA SGRAM memory chips

ASUS was unable to furnish customized drivers for the test. Judging from the past, it's safe to assume that the drivers will be a mix of NVIDIA's reference release and some additional ASUS tools. The software bundle consists of two current games, Aquanox and Midnight GT, as well as a software DVD player, Power DVD 4.0 XP.

The new ASUS SmartDoctor HW monitoring software (for Deluxe models)

Whether or not a DVI -> CRT adapter for use with a second VGA monitor on the DVI port will be included has yet to be decided. According to early reports, these adapters may only ship with the Deluxe models. ASUS uses the Conexant CX25871-14 chip for the TV-Output.

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