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Love the light on the side, this will look ace in a case with a window. I think we will see this become popular amonst high end cards.
Also the Asus over clocking software is nice, I wonder if it is less hungry than ATI's catalyst software.
Other than that , the price is rather high for not alot. If it had a custom cooler, it may be worth it, but otherwise its a tad over priced for not alot extra.
Originally Posted by Brewster0101
OK, it looks pretty similar to the reference design, but according to the "real world" testing it manages to be 2c cooler with a lower fan speed and less noise when compared to the reference. I'd've liked a test to show how cool it would be run at the same fan speed / equivalent noise level though...
2c - wow, really pushed the boat out there didn't they - even if it is slightly quieter.
OK, it looks pretty similar to the reference design, but according to the "real world" testing it manages to be 2c cooler with a lower fan speed and less noise when compared to the reference. I'd've liked a test to show how cool it would be run at the same fan speed / equivalent noise level though...
Think an Arctic cooler with 2 or 3 fans is the answer to good air cooling and silence with these new GPUS. Sticking to one smallish fan at the back just doesn't cut it now. Blame ATI and Nvidia for such rubbish reference designs. One them would do well to partner with Arctic Cooling or someone for their next cooler.
Temperature makes sod all difference, unless you're talking 100c or into breaking records or something equally silly... in which case you'd buy a stock card and then proceed to rip it apart and stick some water or liquid nitrogen or something on it.
As for the Arctic Cooling one... well it's a cracking cooler, but it takes up 3 slots, which wouldn't be a show stopper for many, but certainly would be for me for one.
The most common complaint I've seen for 3rd party/non-reference coolers is that it doesn't blow the heat out of the back of the case*. ASUS come up with one which does, which only takes up 2 slots, is a lot quieter than reference and cooler too... and still some people complain.
This card's only fault is the price of it... quite a big fault given the ludicrous nature of it, but there you go.
* Which I think is vastly over-rated myself.
Last edited by this_is_gav; 24-05-2010 at 08:03 PM. Reason: I can't spell "is" :\
That told me!
im with gav's side note... i dont think it is massively important to have the air blowing out the back of the case for the GPU. Assuming you have a modern case which independant cooling on the CPU and plenty of general airflow i reckon it works out better to have a slightly higher ambient temperature and a more steady GPU temp.
Depends on your airflow scheme. Having an exhausting card makes for very simple and effective airflow management, which will benefit all components not just the GPU.
I agree it does make things technically simpler im just not convinced its necissary or massively beneficial. With the GPU usually being nearly 2 x the temperature of some of the other componants in the system i reckon its better to tame that more and let the other things heat up a little. As i said, assuming you have decent general airflow in the system, i dont think it matters.
Looks nice but dont think its worth the extra money over standard ASUS card
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