NEW Arctic VGA Silencer pics!!!

[Vrykyl]

Dunno if this has been posted already, but I just came across some pics of supposedly the new VGA silencer for the x800 and 6800 ranges -

http://www.hardwareluxx.de/story.php?id=564
http://pcmoddingmy.com/content.php?review.81

*edit* - darn, just saw an earlier post of these pics in the nvidia section. Why didnt you guys share the news with the rest of us? to excited at finally getting a vga series all to yourselves? Congrats - now you can make your cards look more like ati ones!! j/k - Id have loved one for my 5950...that thing was hot

 

[Mr.Guvernment]

one word

"search"

 

[veryhumid]

yeah i put something in ati, then i felt guilty about the already worse off geforce users so i posted there and then in cooling. teehee.

 

[bojangles]

As if 6800 cooling isn't sufficient........ how can they tack on that much stuff and it still run hot and how can artic cooling make an improvement. I mean i plan on buying a 6800 but i dunno is stock cooling really that ineficient?

 

[OBLIVIONLORD]

I mainly like the idea that it takes the hot video card air and expells it out the pci slot instead of it going through the rest of the case. The 6800 ultra has this type of setup installed stock from Nvidia. The x800 Xt-Pe does not come stock with this type of cooling setup from ATI but, from aftermarker companies.

 

[Mr.Guvernment]

As if 6800 cooling isn't sufficient........ how can they tack on that much stuff and it still run hot and how can artic cooling make an improvement. I mean i plan on buying a 6800 but i dunno is stock cooling really that ineficient?

i dont think the 6800 cooloers are all copper that is why this would make a difference - also a faster RPM fan on it likely