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    Powercolor 1GB Radeon 4870

    I like the look of this card a lot from the review - my question about it, however, is whether the cooler will effectively expel the hot air from the back of the case? Looking at it in the pictures, it seems that it exausts inside the case, rather losing a lot of the point of a dual slot cooling solution...

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    Re: Powercolor 1GB Radeon 4870

    Yeah you lose some of the benefit by not having the hot air exhausted out the back of the case but as long as your case has decent airflow this shouldn't really be an issue. And remember it had the GPU running a lot cooler than stock which can only be a good thing. If you want to wait I'm sure HIS will release (if they have not already) a ICEQ card which will have rear exhaust and bring the temps down well.

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    Re: Powercolor 1GB Radeon 4870

    Quote Originally Posted by Webby View Post
    And remember it had the GPU running a lot cooler than stock which can only be a good thing.
    Well the GPU is still producing the same amount of heat, this cooler is just extracting it (and dumping it in your case) better

    Case airflow will obviously be important, but I don't think they'd have released it if it was going to be a problem in your average case.

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    Re: Powercolor 1GB Radeon 4870

    I never said the GPU was expelling less energy I just said it wasn't getting as hot, which is a good thing and actually since cool silicon is more efficient it is expending less energy

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    Re: Powercolor 1GB Radeon 4870

    If this is a concern to you (I know i do prefer cards which expel thru the back) then have a look at the Saphire Toxic 4870 it is also a custom cooler on an overclocked card but it expels thru out the rear of the PC.

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