Pros:Low profile design allows air to flow around my CPU and HD5830. I have this in a x16 to x1 bracket, so going with a low profile card was a must. I ordered the low profile kit, but the adapter bracket was still too low so I had to make the bracket work. I see the new version of the x16 to x1 bracket on newegg is a bit higher which I think fixes that issue. So I ran the mod for the Nvidia driver 257 and it will pull about 20 FPS physx. Overclocking the NB by about 100mhz was necessary to get it up to 20 FBS, otherwise it was running at about 12 FBS.
Free download and instructions for installing the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT Video Card Driver for Windows XP, Windows XP 64-bit, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8 64-bit. Resolution & Refresh. Max Analog: 2048x1536; Max Digital: 2560x1600 (Dual Link DVI Only) Requirements. Igo tts pro download. 350 Watt/400 Watt or greater power supply with a minimum of 18 Amp/22 Amp on the +12 volt rail.
Cons:Drawing power from the motherboard makes me worry about overclocking it.
Overall Review:Draws power from the motherboard which is draining power from the Lan and sometimes the ethernet has to be reset. Also I worry that it worry that the extra power will burn out the motherboard fasterSome say runing this set up is not necessary, however I see that the 12-20 Phys FPS I save from the main GPU adds to the Overall FPS, so basically if $30-40 is worth 5-10 overall FPS to you then go for it. I also ran this using a 9800GT and had similar Phys FPS Performance.
(4 / 5)Specifications of the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT:
Dimensions:
Length: 6.875 inches
Height: 4,376 inches
Width: Single slot
The characteristics of the GPU:
CUDA cores: 32 (number of cores may vary depending on model)
Core frequency (MHz): 550
Processor (MHz): 1400
Speed texture fill (billion/sec): 8.8
Memory features:
Memory frequency: 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Standard memory: 256/512 MB
The bit width of the memory interface: 128-bit (may vary depending on model)
Memory bandwidth (GB/s): 25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Features:
OpenGL: 2.1
Supported technologies: SLI, CUDA, PhysX)
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Specifications of monitors:
Multiple monitors support: Yes
Max resolution digital monitor: 2560×1600
Maximum VGA resolution: 2048×1536
Standard display connectors: Dual DVI, Single Link DVI, HDMI
Audio output for HDMI: SPDIF (outdated)
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Power and temperature:
Maximum GPU temperature (in C): 105 C
Maximum graphics card power (W): 50 W
Minimum system power requirements: (W): 350 W
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Attention! Precise characteristics can be changed by the manufacturer and differ from the above provided.