14 DAY TRIAL // Sparkle, a professional graphics cards manufacturer and supplier, has recently announced that a new member of the Calibre P960 family has emerged. The new addition to the line-up, which has few new features to make it "special," is based on Nvidia's 9600GT graphics processor.
Under the name of Calibre P960 Green Power comes a board that includes a 3-way BIOS feature that is able to lower the power consumption of the card. The new feature uses auto phase switching that enables the card to use about 72.9W energy. According to tests, the new Sparkle Calibre graphics card offers a total energy saving of up to 28 percent when compared with the 100W power needed by a reference 9600GT when under full load.
Another important function of the 3-way BIOS is the adjustment of clock speeds for the card. This way, the core clock will be able to run at 300, 650 or 700MHz. The clock speed of the 512MB GDDR3 memory is also adjustable, ranging from 800MHz to 1800MHz and 2000MHz. The new Calibre P960 Green Power includes 64 Stream processors and has the Shader clock working at either 900MHz, 1625MHz, or 1850MHz.
Sparkle's Dual-Fly cooling system is used on the new graphics board for heat dissipation. The Dual-Fly system is also featured by other cards in the Calibre series, as it provides better performance than Nvidia's stock fans for the 9600GT GPUs. As stated earlier this year, when the Calibre P960 was first announced, the system offers enhanced overclocking features to users, as the amount of residual heat is capable of dissipating is high enough.
The company has not unveiled yet any details regarding the availability and prices for the new card, but we hope it remains in the same range as the other Calibre cards.