Watercooled GeForce GTX 280 Showdown - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 25th Nov 2008, 08:35

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...280-shootout/1

In the world of watercooled GTX 280s, there can be only one! Or can there? Break out the watercooling kit and get ready for some ludicrous clockspeeds as we dive into the BFG GeForce GTX 280 H₂OC and MSI GeForce GTX 280 HydroGen to see whether these highly clocked graphics card will sink or swim.

[USRF]Obiwan · 25th Nov 2008, 10:27

I'm more in favor for buying a separate GPU WC block myself.

And secondly, i do want to know why they make a big copper block for both GPU and memory and not cool the memory on the back of the card. Why not make the block to fit the GPU only (it would be cheaper to for less copper) because it seems that cooling memory is not needed at all. Do Cooling of both GPU and ALL memory or do GPU cooling only. Its just plain stupid to do half memory cooling.

mrb_no1 · 25th Nov 2008, 17:02

hey obiwan, i'm not an authority on the subject but i think it was mentioned in the article that the card with the memory cooling (bfg card with dd block) was able to have the memory oc'd alot more than the msi card. so it appears it has its benefits. i may be mistaken as i read the review several hours ago, but i like to think my memory degredation hasnt become too bad :P

peace

fatman

biebiep · 25th Nov 2008, 17:40

Obiwan,

As for buying a seperate block: 1 word, WARRANTY

As for back of card. Normally small heatsinks are shipped as well to paste on those chips

And if they aren't, they're easy to find.

StephenK · 25th Nov 2008, 19:21

I have to admit that products like this make me seriously consider giving water cooling a go.

Toka · 25th Nov 2008, 20:41

The DD block does look pretty good, almost good enough to make me want to turn the PC onto its side, and cut a window into the floor so that I can see it. Almost.

But in terms of pure waterblock porn you need look no further than the link below

http://67.90.82.13/forums/showthread.php?p=3341030

heatkiller anyone?

oh, also

http://www.overclock.net/water-cooli...ies-block.html

StephenK · 25th Nov 2008, 22:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toka

http://www.overclock.net/water-cooli...ies-block.html

That is simply gorgeous

Tim S · 25th Nov 2008, 22:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by StephenK

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toka

http://www.overclock.net/water-cooli...ies-block.html

That is simply gorgeous

yeah, agreed

The boy 4rm oz · 26th Nov 2008, 02:48

I would buy that Heatkiller block hands down. I never really was a fan of Danger Den blocks IMO, overpriced.

25th Nov 2008, 08:35	#1
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25th Nov 2008, 10:27	#2
[USRF]Obiwan Ultramodder Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,218	I'm more in favor for buying a separate GPU WC block myself. And secondly, i do want to know why they make a big copper block for both GPU and memory and not cool the memory on the back of the card. Why not make the block to fit the GPU only (it would be cheaper to for less copper) because it seems that cooling memory is not needed at all. Do Cooling of both GPU and ALL memory or do GPU cooling only. Its just plain stupid to do half memory cooling. __________________ Mascleta: "The most accurate simulation of thunder, humans can simulate..." The answer is 42, so... whats the question again? If you know what 'Peek' and 'Poke' represents, then you are probably as old as me.

25th Nov 2008, 17:02	#3
mrb_no1 Pie Eater Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pyrford, England Posts: 364	hey obiwan, i'm not an authority on the subject but i think it was mentioned in the article that the card with the memory cooling (bfg card with dd block) was able to have the memory oc'd alot more than the msi card. so it appears it has its benefits. i may be mistaken as i read the review several hours ago, but i like to think my memory degredation hasnt become too bad :P peace fatman __________________ Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3600Mhz ¦ Asus Maximus II Formula ¦ ATI Radeon 4890 (1000Mhz Core + 1200Mhz Mem OC) ¦ 2x2G Corsair Dom. PC 8500 @ 1080Mhz ¦ Aquacomputer WC ¦ Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty ¦ 150G Raptor, 2x1500 + 1x750 + 2x500 Seagate (SATA2) ¦ Pioneer DVD burner ¦ Lian Li - PC 73SL Aluminium Silent Server Case ¦ Dell 2007WFP 20" Widescreen ¦ Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Speakers ¦ Sennheiser HD270

25th Nov 2008, 19:21	#5
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25th Nov 2008, 20:41	#6
Toka Multimodder Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oxford UK Posts: 116	The DD block does look pretty good, almost good enough to make me want to turn the PC onto its side, and cut a window into the floor so that I can see it. Almost. But in terms of pure waterblock porn you need look no further than the link below http://67.90.82.13/forums/showthread.php?p=3341030 heatkiller anyone? oh, also http://www.overclock.net/water-cooli...ies-block.html __________________ Cheesecake Appreciation Society

25th Nov 2008, 17:40	#4
biebiep Multimodder Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 86	Obiwan, As for buying a seperate block: 1 word, WARRANTY As for back of card. Normally small heatsinks are shipped as well to paste on those chips And if they aren't, they're easy to find.