MSI N9600GT Hybrid Freezer Graphics Card Review
June 10, 2008
As horrible looking as the MSI cooler on the 9600GT is, there’s no denying that it does a fantastic job of cooling the core. It seems that MSI has decided to kick it up a notch with a new cooler named Hybrid Freezer.
It’s always nice to see companies mix it up with new coolers, and the Hybrid Freezer seems to have some pretty cool technology behind it. It makes sense that they’re installing it on the popular 9600GT series of card, and in this case MSI has decided to install it on a card carrying with it 1GB of GDDR3 memory for added appeal.
While we’ve looked at so many 9600GTs, you have to admit that we’ve seen such a huge variety of different models; some excellent clocks, some excellent connectivity and some pretty funky aftermarket coolers.
Today we add another to the pile and find out if the cooler on the new MSI 9600GT is able to stand out from the pack. Considering the MSI cooler we’ve seen before is one of the best as far as performance goes, it seems that the Hybrid Freezer’s ultimate competition is from the same manufacturer.
Let’s check out the box and see what’s going on there before we get stuck into the card.
Geforce 9800GT supports Hybrid Power
June 9, 2008
Nvidia’s soon-to-launch dual 6-pin power connector, Geforce 9800GT, will support HybridPower. This is not really a surprise, and at the same time it isn’t that exciting, either.
Geforce 9800GTX is, as you know, based on the same chip as Geforce 8800GTS and 8800GT and, together with 9800GX2, it’s a high performance card that supports this power-saving feature.
Geforce 9 means Hybrid Power support, but please don’t forget that for such a card you need a board that supports it, and so far only Nforce 780a that supports Phenom, Athlon and Hybrid Power is out. An Intel alternative is yet to be launched.
We got ourselves just about G92, but this time it’s G92(b) and no wonder the market is confused, since Nvidia is selling many SKUs with the same chips but different Shader configurations and clocks.
