Gigabyte blazed a now well-trodden trail with their 3D1, a graphics SKU that paired two NV43 GPUs in 6600 GT configuration, each with its own local memory store, on the same PCB. Single board SLI has come a long way since, with ASUS having a go with dual 7800 GT last October and NVIDIA themselves releasing a reference dual-chip, dual-PCB SKU for their AIBs last month with 7950 GX2.

Now it's Galaxy's turn, using a custom 6-layer PCB design and cooler to pair G73s and create the Galaxy Masterpiece dual-7600 GT.



The cooler has similarities to NVIDIA's reference cooler for 7900 GTX, in layout and the use of heatpipes and a central fan, and Galaxy make special mention of their capacitor choice as key to it working as intended.

Core clock sits at 560MHz for each GPU, and each has 256MiB of memory attached running at 700MHz. Dual dual-link DVI ports are standard and Galaxy say noise levels from the cooler are low, even under load.



The prospect of running two Masterpiece signature boards together is open, too, Galaxy hopeful of a connector-free Quad SLI driver in the future, once issues are ironed out. Price should be under €300 at launch, but Galaxy don't have a firm release date as yet.

We look forward to a full eval, so look out for that and more information as we get it.