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Chaintech GeForce 9600 GT 512MB OC
Video, Power, and Overclocking
 HQV Chaintech's card isn't perfect for playing back videos. The noise reduction is a little on the weak side, and there are halos around moving objects. You might not notice either unless you have a keen eye or way too big of a display.
HQV
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130
130
128
115
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Score (out of 130, higher is better)
160
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95
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Score (out of 130, higher is better)
160
Power and Noise For once, NVIDIA wins one for power. Although not super-efficient at idle, it barely even needs the auxiliary power under load, unless you overclock--it just comes a little too close to 75W total. But this is not all porn and Skittles. When the card's not doing anything, you won't hear a peep. When it's moving pixels, though, something weird happens. And it's not that the fan picks up...which it does, but it's not an angry fan sound and is still less noisy than the coils. They whine. If you're sensitive to high-frequency electronic sounds, stay far away from this card. It's not limited to this 9600 GT, either; it's just that the power hardware is stressed by overclocking, and it whistles a little atonal medley.
Power Usage
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77
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Watts (lower is better)
150
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110
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Watts (lower is better)
150
Overclocking So, since it's going to whistle anyway, you may as well really push the overclocking. I got a pretty effortless ~6% overclock over the factory ~8% overclock. A fifteen percent improvement's hardly a joke.
Overclocking
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950
735
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1500
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775
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1500
Page 1: Introduction, The Card & Bundle
Page 2: Specifications and Setup Page 3: DirectX 10 Titles Page 4: DX9, OpenGL, and Synthetics Page 5: Video, Power, and Overclocking Page 6: Conclusion 
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