Asus has gone for dual slot cooling solution which features two large heatpipes as the main driving force for keeping the GPU running cool, the shroud helps guide the air over the fins, and out the back of the case

The back reveals mounting plate used by the heatsink that keeps the PWM of the Geforce GTS 450 cooled, and you also get a nice shot of the SLI connector.

A close-up of the top right corner shows that you only need one 6-pin PCIe power cable to hook up this video card, if you have an older PSU, Asus provided an useful Y-splitter for you.

Output wise we have 3 options, where only 2 can be used at the same time, from left to right: HDMI (with digital sound), D-SUB VGA, DVI. The HD audio chip is build in the GPU, after installing the driver in Windows you can send all your audio straight to your display by use of HDMI.