Connect3D X300SE
3. A closer look
The Connect3D X300SE is a "simple" design card on a bright red PCB.
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The front side of the card.(click for hi-res). |
An aluminium heatsink is responsible for keeping the GPU's temperature at a minimum level. The heatsink, although overlapping two of the memory modules located on the board, does not actually make contact with them in order to cool them as well.
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The rear side of the card (click for hi-res) |
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The RV370 chipset powering the X300SE |
Speaking of memory, the card is equipped with 4 x N2D525616CT-5T (5.0 ns) modules from Elixir. Each module provides the card with 32MB, resulting in a total 128MB. The memory parts are split into two sets of two, one set on each side of the card.
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Elixir N2D525616CT-5T |
As usual, the card's output consists of one standard VGA, one DVI-I and an S-Video output. Using the included S-Video to composite cable you can connect the card with a TV for video playback.