News - Sparkle squeezes GTS 450 into a single slot package

[HEXUS]

NVIDIA’s mid-range card now available in ultra-skinny form factor.

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[Pob255]

It will interesting to see if that cooler can cope the gf104 might not be as cool as first glance as the current stock coolers are fairly beefy affairs.
If you remember back to the original 4850 release, many people thought that was a hot chip however it soon became clear that the chip wasn't excessively hot, it was just that the single slot cooler couldn't cope very well.

Still I applaud Sparkle, they really push card design, I hope we'll see a half height card from them soon, their gts250 is still the best performing low profile card I know of.

[directhex]

Perhaps a new lease of life for the wife's shuttle?

[miniyazz]

Well according to wiki, the 450 has a TDP of 106W whereas the 8800GT had a TDP of 105W and came in a variety of single-slot solutions, as well as dual-slot ones. So (barring major differences in the calculation of TDP) heat production should be roughly equivalent, no?

[Shooty*]

Yeah, what he said.

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Seriously, though, this card is looking more and more attractive if my current PSU can run it. the 8800gt causes no problems (620 modular corsair jobby)

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

A single slot HD5770 1GB can be had for around 110 quid:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/239207

[Cozwin]

Well according to wiki, the 450 has a TDP of 106W whereas the 8800GT had a TDP of 105W and came in a variety of single-slot solutions, as well as dual-slot ones. So (barring major differences in the calculation of TDP) heat production should be roughly equivalent, no?

Not just about the load output, as most of the time Nvidia idle temps are actually higher then Ati so overall it needs to be cooled more so that in load it doesnt start at a high temp. Also the gpu isnt the only heatsource in that area.

[miniyazz]

Idle temps = meh because it's entirely down to the cooler settings used. Even if nvidia does have higher temps at idle, and even if it's not down to cooler settings (i.e. they just produce more heat) it still doesn't matter because coolers are constrained by load temp not by idle temps as load is maxing out the cooler which gives a truer picture (either the cooler can keep temps reasonable in which case it works, or it can't in which case it's not viable). As for starting at a higher temp - well it will equalise within 30s either way so really makes no difference.