Galaxy 8600GTS Close Up
This GPU uses a blue PCB like its younger brother, the GT – reviewed here. Speaking of which, the GTS is about half an inch longer than the GT as you can see below.
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The GTS uses the Zalman VF-900 CU Cooler – reviewed here – which is a petal cooler with a centralized fan that pulls air over the surrounding heatsink fins and ejects it out in front of itself.
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This cooler utilizes heatpipes that run from the core through the middle of the heatsink fins. To read about heatpipes, check out our glossary entry here.
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At the back of the card are twin DVI ports.
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At the top there is a single SLI bridge connector. No future Tri-SLI with this card.
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At the front end there is a single 6pin PCI-E power connector. Unlike the GT version of this card, the GTS obviously needs a bit more “umph”.
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