HIS & EVGA - Silence is Golden: Silent GPU Roundup
HIS
HIS is a company that's well known for its IceQ line of graphics parts, but they also offer silent solutions, and for this review we have two of these. Both use ATI chipsets: the X1600 Pro and X1300 Pro.
The HIS X1600 Pro has a somewhat bulky heat sink design, which has rows of long metal ridges along the whole top of the card. HIS seems to have taken the route of dispelling heat through as much surface area on the heat sink as possible, to good effect. The metal ridges are also much thicker than those on other heat sinks, and the card isn't as delicate as some of the other offerings.
The HIS X1300 Pro has a much more compact heat sink design which extends to the back of the card and is connected via two heatpipes, similar to the ASUS EAX1600 XT. This HIS card has a larger silver heat sink than the ASUS on the front of the card, however, along with a slightly larger sink on the back of about the same thickness.
For this review, we have one silent EVGA part, the EVGA e-GeForce 7600 GS. This card is factory clocked at reference speeds (400MHz/800MHz), and sports a modest heat sink design, typical of EVGA. The face of the card has a black heat sink which has rows of thick ridges across the length of it.
HIS is a company that's well known for its IceQ line of graphics parts, but they also offer silent solutions, and for this review we have two of these. Both use ATI chipsets: the X1600 Pro and X1300 Pro.
The HIS X1600 Pro has a somewhat bulky heat sink design, which has rows of long metal ridges along the whole top of the card. HIS seems to have taken the route of dispelling heat through as much surface area on the heat sink as possible, to good effect. The metal ridges are also much thicker than those on other heat sinks, and the card isn't as delicate as some of the other offerings.
The HIS X1300 Pro has a much more compact heat sink design which extends to the back of the card and is connected via two heatpipes, similar to the ASUS EAX1600 XT. This HIS card has a larger silver heat sink than the ASUS on the front of the card, however, along with a slightly larger sink on the back of about the same thickness.
EVGA
For this review, we have one silent EVGA part, the EVGA e-GeForce 7600 GS. This card is factory clocked at reference speeds (400MHz/800MHz), and sports a modest heat sink design, typical of EVGA. The face of the card has a black heat sink which has rows of thick ridges across the length of it.
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