a detailed look at G92-8800GTS & G92-8800GT’s power module

 

We already have a simple test on different cards power’s power consumption. And today we will fix our eye on the G92-8800GT and G92-8800GTS’s power module’s difference.

This is the power module of G92-8800GTS 512MB.

It is easy to figure out G92-8800GTS is using 3 phase power module.
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[review]Zotac watercooling 8800GT

 

PAGE 1: A closer look

PAGE 2: Test bed & test method

PAGE 3: Platform without a chassis

PAGE 4: Platform in chassis

PAGE 5: Further OC test

PAGE 6: Comparison with reference frequency

PAGE 7: Final thoughts


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Asustek R.O.G. G-SURF365 is a mobo with locks

 

What’s your impression of ASUS Republic of Gamer series? dulxue package? large amount of accessories? or pretty board design? The G-SURF365 certian will break your impression. It is only a low end nforce 630a mobo. It so weird that Asus would risk their brand to release the low end mobo.

Being a low end mobo it have limited numbers of slot: only have two PCI plus one PCIe, two standing DDR2 slot and one AM2 CPU slot. The biggest selling point of this mobo is its G-Guardian system.

G-Guardian actually is a protective system made with plastic. And extreme user won’t think it is interesting.

G-Gardian have two parts: Memory and I/O:

 

thief with screwdriver can easly unlock it..

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