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Author: Whoopty | ||
| Posted: 13:00, February 20th 2008 | |||
| Link: http://www.giga-byte.com | |||
| Score: 9 out of 10 [?] | |||
| Price: £22 | |||
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Box 'n bundle
The Cyclops comes packaged in a clear plastic blister pack with a white and orange patterned cardboard centre. The main cooler and RAM sinks are all visible so you get a good idea of the product's styling from the get go. There's also some small diagrams detailing some of the cooler's features.
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At the back of the packaging you can see the rear/bottom of the Cyclops and there's also some multi-lingual specifications and features.
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The compatibility list is found on the left hand side. It's not the most extensive one, apparently only fitting mid range 6 and 7 series cards when it comes to nVidia and a couple of xX00 and x1X00 cards.
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Having a look on the Gigabyte website however and you find out that they have expanded the compatibility of this product to cover 8600GT, GTS, 8500GT and 8400GT.
| Nvidia | 8600 series |
|---|---|
| 8500 series | |
| 8400 series | |
| 7600 series | |
| 6600 series | |
| ATI | X1650 series |
| X1600 series | |
| X1300 series | |
| X800 series | |
| X700 series |
The other bits you get with the cooler are:
- Interchangeable coloured shrouds
- RAM sinks
- Mounting guide
- Mounting screws
- Mini spanner
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