We only received a black cable for DVI and a driver
CD with the 9600, as it was purchased as an OEM product. The driver
CD contained outdated drivers but Sapphire is not to be blamed
here.
Sapphire 9600: Features
Sapphire 9600: Product Analysis
The image provides an in-depth look at the PCB and
the overall layout of the card.
Sapphire decided to use a passive heatsink on the
GPU with ATi’s logo in the center. Cooling was not taken
into consideration with the memory modules either. Using passive
cooling on low-end and mid-level cards is quite popular amongst
manufacturers. It saves them from greater manufacturing costs
but ultimately the end-user has to suffer. Passive cooling also
makes overclocking a difficult task, as heat becomes a major limiting
factor.
