The first
AGP-compatible card in our roundup, and the second from Albatron. The Albatron Trinity GeForce 6600GT AGP features the faster
6600GT GPU combined with 128MB of Samsung K4J55323QF-GC20 DDR3 BGA memory. This
card came to us clocked to the 6600GT's default core/memory speeds of
500MHz/1000MHz.
The first
thing anyone will notice about this card is the rather un-impressive looking
aluminium heatsink cooling the 6600GT core and memory chips. This chunk of
aluminium is actually quite sharp, and care should be taken when installing the
card as the edges could quite easily cut you. It's heavy too, but does not stand
out much from the card, which is good. The fan was a bit louder than we've
gotten used to recently, but it's not overwhelming noisy by any
means.
The front
of the Albatron Trinity GeForce 6600GT AGP features the standard VGA/DVI/S-Video
bunch of ports. As it is an AGP 8x card, the Albatron Trinity GeForce 6600GT AGP
does not support SLI and does not feature an MIO connector. External power is
required, also due to the card's AGP form-factor, and a molex power connector is
located on the back of the card facing towards the rear.
This card
came with the same sparse bundle as the other Albatron cards in our roundup... A
simple breakout box is included which features component, S-Video and composite
connectors. The included software is comprised of WinDVD/WinDVD Creator, an old
five game demo CD and Arx Fatalis. Again no DVI-converter, which we still found
annoying.
Overclocking: The maximum speed we attained with
the Albatron Trinity GeForce 6600GT AGP was 578MHz core/1073MHz memory. Not bad
at all considering its... interesting stock cooling solution, but not Albatron's
best effort by any stretch.