A Closer Look

The cooler uses a copper base that is connected to a large heatsink via four heatpipes.


This small metal heatsink is sitting on top of the voltage regulators helping to keep them cool. Since it is located almost directly below a fan there is plenty of airflow around the heatsink.


The card has two six-pin power connectors, both are required for operation of the card.


The GDDR3 memory chips are made by Hynix and carry the model number H5RS1H23MFR-N2C. With a latency of 0.8 ns, they are specified to run at 1200 MHz.


Galaxy uses a voltage regulator from Richtek on their card. Unfortunately this design does not allow software based voltage control (like on the much more expensive Volterra regulators).


When I first removed the cooler I was greeted by this thermal paste mess. Looks like the cooler had been removed a couple of times before. After some cleanup we get to see the G92 in all its beauty. It is made in a 55 nm process with 754 million transistors.