The Card

In looking at the Inno3D GeForce 7600 GST, I have to say that the color combination of the black PCB with the green, yellow and copper of the cooler made a pleasant contrast.  The card itself is small when compared with its nine inch long 7900 series cousin.  The 7600 GST measured a mere 175mm long.  It's a welcome change to see a sensible sized card again.  If you look carefully at the top edge of the card you will see the familiar SLI pick up letting you know that the 7600 GST is one of the NVidia family of cards that likes to have company in the form of dual VGA card action and doubling your pleasure if you so desire.

Output for the Inno3D 7600 GST is available by two DVI ports and one S-Video.  This new standard will be welcomed by both HTPC and dual monitor users.

Taking a closer look at the card's cooler, we find a copper unit with a small 40mm fan mounted on top.  Air is drawn into the cooler assembly and channeled through the copper fins and out two of its four sides.  The cooler itself only makes contact with the GPU and not the memory which was a bit disappointing.

Here's a shot of the 7600 GST stripped down.  The core as we have already mentioned is a 7600 GS but with a twist.  The standard GS core is clocked at 400MHz.  The GST's core is factory overclocked to 500MHz which should give this little gem a nice bump in performance.  Considering that the 7600 GT card's core is clocked at 560MHz, from a certain perspective, the GST has almost more in common with it than its lowly beginnings.  The memory is likewise more performance oriented.  The chips themselves are Infinion 1.4ns units clocked at 1400MHz (700MHz x 2 DDR) which is identical to that of the 7600 GT.  Again, the GST has more in common with its bigger brother than does it with the littler one.

The underside of the cooler itself was flush and smooth to the touch.  While not exactly a "shaver" it was more than adequate for the job at hand.