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Review: ZOTAC (NVIDIA) GeForce 9600 GT AMP! Edition: the new mid-range contender

by Tarinder Sandhu on 21 February 2008, 14:01

Tags: NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), ZOTAC

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Bundle and warranty












Items Driver CD
English quick-installation guide
DVI dongle
6-pin PCIe-to-dual-Molex adapter
HDMI dongle
Audio cable
HDTV (Component) + S-video-out cable

Note the audio cable that must be connected before sound can be routed by the DVI-to-HDMI dongle that ships with the package. This is one area where NVIDIA is still behind ATI, where audio routing is installed and activated by the CATALYST driver.

We'd hoped for a triple-A game to compliment the package, too. The AMP! Edition is set to retail at around £140, or £20 more-expensive than default-clocked models. For that you receive generous pre-overclocking as standard.

Warranty

All ZOTAC cards are backed by a two-year warranty that begins of the date of purchase. We like the fact that the warranty is transferable, should the card be sold on.

ZOTAC has a service centre in the UK. Customers have the option of sending faulty hardware either to the dealer from which they purchased the card from or, alternatively, back to ZOTAC's centre, where the company quotes a five-10 working day turnaround, and will ship the product back to the customer for free.