The GeForce 9600 GT has finally arrived yesterday and as expected every Nvidia started throwing press releases around to announce they have put some nice stickers on the reference design. Luckily, some companies wanted to stand out right from the start and this brought us some interesting models.

In addition to having a stock-type offer, Sparkle has also unveiled the most quiet of the G94 lot, a passively-cooled GeForce 9600 GT. Featuring all the bells and whistles already revealed yesterday - 64 Stream Processors, DirectX 10.0, PCI-Express 2.0, and set to stock frequencies - 650/1625/1800 MHz GPU/shaders/memory, Sparkle's silent card features an aluminum cooling system that uses three heatpipes to transfer heat to the back of the card. Boasting 512 MB of GDDR3 memory, the card should be an affordable and yet performing option for those looking to built a PC with a low noise output.