The Card

Arctic Cooling's Accelero XXX is one big mother of a cooler featuring three cooling fans that cover most of the card. The cool actually extends a bit beyond the end of the PCB. Due to the height of the cooler the card will require three cooling slots in your system which could become a limitation when you plan on going SLI. Unfortunately the back of the card is not cooled at all.


The card has two DVI ports, which is the standard output configuration nowadays. In case you need an analog VGA output, you can use a DVI adapter (included). In case you want to connect your big digital TV screen, you can use the included HDMI adapter. The HDCP output features the usual HDCP+Audio, which allows easy setup of a media PC. For HDMI Audio, NVIDIA requires you to feed an external audio source, for example from your motherboard's on-board audio, to the card via SPDIF cable (also included). AMD on the other hand has integrated a sound device inside their GPUs which is the easier solution for most users.



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