By Jonathan Martini - October 31, 2004

Packaging

The box contains three compartments, with the AA6800 Apogee being surrounded entirely by protective foam.

Protection

The AA6800 ships with a slew of items such as four feet of S-Video cable, two feet or Composite cable, an S-Video to Composite adapter, a Molex Y-adapter, a DVI to VGA adapter, an instruction manual, a Q Ball monitor cleaner, and a case of CDs.

Bundle

The Q Ball is a handy device that wipes dust from the monitor. The bottom of the Q Ball has a soft, leathery feel, which is great for removing fingerprints from the screen. And some of us know how annoying fingerprints are :)

Card Front

The software bundle Intervideo's WinDVD 6 Channel, WinDVD Creator, and WinRip, Adobe Photoshop Album SE, Chaintech's Graphics Overclocking System Utility (GOSU), a 5-in-1 game demo CD, and the full version of Commandos 3.

Card Back

Visible on the backside of the 6800 Apogee is the securing bracket of the cooling mechanism and a consortium of tiny components.

Cooling

Close-ups of the cooling mechanism display that the GPU is covered in fact with a copper finned heatsink. The copper unit stretches from the fan to the aluminum fins.

Angled View

The fan's positioning allows it to blow across the fin laden copper heatsink as well as slightly cool the PCB around the GPU.

Golden Backplate

Yep, the PCI backplate is gold-colored. It's not likely that you'll be seeing much of it, but it's a nice extra piece of bling for the modders out there. ;)

Memory Cooling

 

Cooling Fan

 

Power Circuitry

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Last Updated on October 31, 2004