PowerColor to release two passive X1950's - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 18th Dec 2006, 18:59

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/12...ssive_x1950xt/

mclean007 · 18th Dec 2006, 19:03

Holy cow, Batman, that's one mahoosive heatsink!

atanum141 · 18th Dec 2006, 19:07

apparantly 4c cooler than stock single slot coolers

DXR_13KE · 18th Dec 2006, 19:22

nice..... quiet and powerful cooling, i hope this becomes a trend even if it is huge.

specofdust · 18th Dec 2006, 19:29

Perfect, I've been planning an upgrade before mid-range 8800's come out and a 1950Pro was on the list, a silent one will be uber.

Aankhen · 18th Dec 2006, 20:49

Pah. I've already got my passively-cooled 7950 GT.

Mankz · 18th Dec 2006, 21:18

looks like mit might not fit in some cases....

r4tch3t · 18th Dec 2006, 21:54

Holy hell, that is huge.

Sleepstreamer · 18th Dec 2006, 21:55

Oh my... No SLi there guys

Ramble · 18th Dec 2006, 21:59

120mm fan on that would be awesome.

Tulatin · 18th Dec 2006, 23:47

Won't fit in most narrow cases it seems :S. It's also WELL out of the question for HTPC builders, unless they fancy knocking a hole in the roof

Tile · 19th Dec 2006, 02:20

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Wolfwood · 19th Dec 2006, 04:28

i cant figure out the big deal about having 0 noise, do people find it that irritating?

BioSniper · 19th Dec 2006, 04:38

If you have to ask then you clearly don't understand how infuriating the noise gets

I'd managed to bring the overall noise of my system down quite a bit by investing in quieter sollutions, suspending the HDD's, absorption matting etc. Sadly now the loudest part in my system is the graphics card with failing fan which I have serviced to no avail.
Something like this would be awesome but I think I need some more new kit first

Duste · 19th Dec 2006, 04:55

That looks ugly beyond belief. At least XFX's passively cooled 7950GT actually looked good.

DeX · 19th Dec 2006, 11:18

Would sir like a graphics card with his heatsink?

specofdust · 19th Dec 2006, 12:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duste

That looks ugly beyond belief. At least XFX's passively cooled 7950GT actually looked good.

You'll probably find that the sorts of people who spend money on high end passively cooled graphics cards are the sort who love their PC's but hate the fact that it has to be some big noisy box sitting taking up tonnes of space. I don't imagine any of them are going to care very much what it looks like.

Atomic · 19th Dec 2006, 14:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by specofdust

I don't imagine any of them are going to care very much what it looks like.

Nope I dont. So long as it is as close to silent as possible im happy.

LoveJoy · 21st Dec 2006, 10:02

Thats one BIG passive cooler there. Í would put at least one fan to top of it but then... it would lost its meaning as a passive cooler

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