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ASUS offers a new hardware controll technology in its new GeForce card V6600 Deluxe. This technolog is called SmartDoctor. Here´s what this means:

SmartDoctor Technology of the ASUS V6600 Deluxe

The ASUS AGP-V6600 Deluxe features the new GeForce256 graphics processing unit (GPU) with complete entertainment features. “We are so confident that ASUS will always be in the forefront of the graphics cards industry in multimedia functions. We have been devoting ourselves in providing the most benefits for customers for every dollar they spend on ASUS products,” said Jonathan Tsang, vice president of ASUS’ sales and marketing division. “We are putting into the AGP-V6600 Deluxe many features, not only powerful and unique multimedia functions but also the best SmartDoctor technologies,” Tsang added. “The development and release of these series of innovative technologies have been kept under wraps for some time to prevent competitors from copying it,” said H. C. Hung, vice president of ASUS’ R&D division. There are a lot of innovative designs in ASUS AGP-V6600 series to prevent any dangerous condition when enjoying the world’s most powerful graphics card. The innovative SmartDoctor technologies from ASUS includes Fan RPM Monitoring, AGP Power Level Monitoring, SmartCooling technology, OverHeat Protection, and Dynamic OverClocking.

AGP Power Level Monitoring

Like high performance sport cars, which need more energy to run fast, the world’s highest performance GeForce256 GPU card requires very much electric power from the AGP bus. There must be a stable power supply from the AGP bus to all the critical components. ASUS’ SmartDoctor technologies can also detect the power level from the AGP bus to AGP-V6600 Deluxe card, including VIO and VCORE, to ensure the stability of customers‘ valuable system.

Fan RPM Monitoring

When you close your PC chassis, ASUS’ SmartDoctor technology is the only way to ensure you that the fan on the graphics chip is functioning well. The bundled utility reports the exact fan rotation speed with instant report features before the fan RPM breaks down or runs abnormally. So, ASUS offers this extra safety feature to the highest performance GeForce256 GPU card.

OverHeat Protection

Thanks to the intelligent monitoring design of the AGP-V6600 Deluxe, the user can safely run the AGP-V6600, even with overclocking, without worrying about overheat that damages your valuable card. With overheat protection, the GeForce256 GPU and other critical components are constantly monitored for temperature. If the heat condition is close to the dangerous level, then ASUS’ SmartDoctor technologies will kick in. This feature is also very important for bad “heat-flow” system but where overclocking may still be done.

Enhanced options

The Monitoring polling time can be changed between 5 and 60 seconds. There´s also the option to disable this utility - if wanted.

SmartCooling Technology

ASUS also unveiled its new SmartCooling Technology in the AGP-V6600 Deluxe. It can optimize the card’s horsepower depending on the actual demands of the user’s applications. The SmartCooling Technology will automatically reduce horsepower of the AGP-V6600 to save power consumption to lengthen the card components’ life when the user does not need the full power of the AGP-V6600, for example, when typing an email and reading data file. If high performance is needed, then the full horsepower of the AGP-V6600 will automatically be restored to the user. This means there’s no performance compromise but the average temperature of the GeForce256 GPU and other critical components is lowered from 8 to 10 degrees Celsius than the competitor’s GeForce256 cards. The lower temperature also makes for a longer components’ life cycle to the users and adds reliability.

Temperature Outlook2000

Temperature 3DMark99 Max

A low temperatur expands the lifespan of the hardware and enhances the reliability of the whole PC system.

Dynamic overclocking Technology

The overclocking is no longer a fixed setting with the ASUS Dynamic Overclocking technology. This technology can prevent excessive overclocking that can exhaust and shorten the GeForce256 GPU’s life. The new Dynamic Overclocking technology from ASUS can let you overclock in a dynamic way. The overclocking occurs only when you really need the horsepower to run high-speed graphics applications. For waiting state, idle state, interactive state, your AGP-V6600 Deluxe card should be able to take a rest. So, no more fixed overclocking, which is an outmoded and risky technology

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