Originally posted by mal@Apr 15, 2004 @ 06:14 AM
mg:
This is just insane.
I can understand a dual slot cooling system if it's passive (for quietness' sake), but an active one?
Forget it.
Originally posted by Alexvrb@Apr 15, 2004 @ 04:58 PM
Dual slot is the way to go anyway. Think about it, modern GPUs dump out so much heat, its not smart to put another card right next to it TO BEGIN WITH. Doing so puts that card at risk, and also blocks airflow. I've seen people overheat their GPUs because they had a sound card or something stupidly smothering the fan on their graphics card.
Originally posted by mal@Apr 15, 2004 @ 10:48 AM
Going by this theory, wouldn't you need to leave another slot free to act as a buffer? You know, a triple slot arrangement?
Originally posted by gameboy900@Apr 14, 2004 @ 11:11 PM
I guess when you think about it it's not really that amazing that the new card is so much faster then the old ones. I mean after all the Radeon 9800 is year and a half old techonology. Which is still amazing compared to the former top of the line Nvidia card. Once the new ATI cards come out soonish we can do a proper comparision of the new next gen cards. Right now it's like comparing the brand new 2005 Vette to a 1940's Model-T Ford. Of course the new car is gonna be significantly more powerful.
Originally posted by it290@Apr 15, 2004 @ 03:15 AM
Bah. Every time a new card comes out from Nvidia, they tout it as the 'biggest performance leap ever'. Looking at the stats, it doesn't seem like that much. And I'm kinda sick of the Nvidia cards with friggin' huge heatsinks/fans. That thing won't even fit inside my case, so there's no way I'll be getting one.
edit - not to mention the power requirement. 480 watts? What the hell are they smoking?
I'm just hoping this makes the older ones cheaper.