The 8800GT Alpha Dog XXX

The XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog XXX is quite small when we think back to the immense size of some of the original 8800GTX or Ultra cards that have come our way. It's fitted with a single slot cooler, and is also a couple inches shorter than it's older and bigger brothers. It also features a green PCB, which is never that sexy, but this card pulls it off well enough.

The shroud that covers the cooler features the "Alpha Dog" himself, the name of the card and a small XFX logo on top of a grungey, swirley black and white backdrop.

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The back shows its all held together by low profile screws so there shouldn't be any mounting issues.

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Cooler

The cooler is a lot smaller than we are used to on high-end 8 series cards. Instead of the usual, mounstrous dual slot coolers of old, we instead have a much nicer low profile solution. The setup is still similar, with a fan drawing air from "underneath" the card, and blowing it across a heatsink situated at the "rear" end. However, this time there are just grills in the shroud for the hot air to escape from; not an exhaust slot to be seen.

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