heatsink mated with a single blower-type fan, and a shell that directs airflow across the block with exhaust toward the front of the case. When used in tandem with an SLI setup, both blower fans do add considerable noise to the build, but that's to be expected...

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to 445 MHz clock-speed (1780 MHz data rate) without losing stability, resulting in a 4.01 GHz CPU frequency. Überclok included two BFG 8800GTX graphics cards in SLI mode for this sample Reactor PC. These are the basic-overclock versions with a 600-MHz graphics...

performance boosting SLI switch in its graphical menu. Disadvantages of SLI include: higher power consumption, more noise output from a second fan, and higher heat output. And for games where SLI isn't supported, SLI configurations actually run slower than...

is the game Call of Duty, which even offers a special performance boosting SLI switch in its graphical menu. Disadvantages of SLI include: higher power consumption, more noise output from a second fan, and higher heat output. And for games where SLI isn't supported,...

sent included a single graphics card and two memory modules, the firm also sent us a second card for use in evaluating SLI performance along with an extra set of memory modules for evaluating a 4GB configuration. Both optional upgrades are already installed...

We're anxious to test notebooks with SLI-based graphics solutions, such as those from Widow PC and Eurocom. Based on our findings with desktop SLI cards, we would expect that SLI will add 30% to gaming performance and 60% higher resolutions, but that remains...