Any1 have this new R580 board yet ?

[kempez]

Yeah I saw that. Kinda weird of DFI but meh I don't even hear the chipset fan on my SLi-D

[TooNice]

Shrug, neither did I for the fan on my Abit NF7-S... before it died.
But then, my socket solution isn't exactly quiet. That was my overclocking phase. With more interest in audio equipment now, I am now looking to make my system considerably more quiet than it used to. So it's no longer squeeze every bit of performance out of the system at any cost

[BubbySoup]

If the fan bothers people that much, just rip it off and replace with large heatsink - job done

[EtheAv8r]

No fans, so quiet... I was thinking of ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe, bur with the x1900 won't use the SLI... I will now wait to see how this new CrossFire MB works out.....

[shaithis]

2 more weeks to wait then for the RD580 board....

It has a PCI x1 slot that won't be obscured by a double-height gfx card

But will Scan be stocking them? Pretty sure I read a message saying they weren't going to stock DFI anymore

[dmuz]

Looks like Sapphire have unveiled theirs

http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/produ...w.php?gpid=142

http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/produ...w.php?gpid=141

I always liked the look of the white board

[BUFF]

Yeah I suspect highly that DFI will go with a fan again. Dunno why tho if all else arent

according to Tom's Hardware Abit have the patent on heatpipe chipset cooling & others have to pay them $1 per board royalty.

[TooNice]

Interesting. Strange they can patent the use of a technology for something specific though.

They didn't develop heatpipes right? You'd think that whoever developped heatpipe would be the ones with the patent (and making heaps of ££&#163.

It's almost like patenting the idea of using toothpaste as TIM.