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| by Michael "SKYMTL" Hoenig | April 7, 2009 | ||
| A Closer Look at the BFG 9800 GT TI con't A Closer Look at the BFG 9800 GT Thermointelligence p.2  BFG chose the upper portion of the HR-03’s retention plate for the only sticker on their 9800 GT ThermoIntelligence. Meanwhile, we can see that the HR-03 Rev A. uses a quartet of independent heatpipes to quickly move heat away from the core so it can be dispersed by the cooling fins.  This card uses Qimonda HYB18H512321BF-10 GDDR3 modules that are rated to run at 1Ghz (2Ghz DDR) so they should have some overclocking room left in them. However, due to the passive cooler and lack of heatsinks on the ram and VRMs, we are not going to test overclocking in this article since it is really not recommended for this product.  Unfortunately, the backplate of the card serves up a huge disappointment; there is no native HDMI connector. Let’s be honest here; a passive card is a prime picking for HTPCs but without an HDMI connector nor a S/PDIF cable nor a DVI to HDMI adaptor, the 9800 GT ThermoIntelligence isn’t appealing in the least for this potential market. | ||
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