Want a silent cooling challenge?

nutball · Post by **nutball** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 11:29 pm

Slap one of these in your case!

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1728/

Sledge · Post by **Sledge** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 11:40 am

If Nvidia was smart, they'd package that with two of Arctic Cooling's upcoming VGA Silencer 4 for Nvidia products.

Cerb · Post by **Cerb** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 9:09 pm

Sledge wrote:If Nvidia was smart, they'd package that with two of Arctic Cooling's upcoming VGA Silencer 4 for Nvidia products.

If Gainward, who's already looking to use the ZM80D were smart, they'd do that. I doubt NVidia could care less on the reference cooling as long as it isn't like the leaf-blowing FlowFX.

nutball · Post by **nutball** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:21 am

Looks like at least one company is thinking of external exhaust configurations, albeit with the 6800 non-GT/non-Ultra:

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13582

Good news (I think!).

Sardaan · Post by **Sardaan** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 4:09 am

I could easily see myself tossing two 6800U's into a duel PCI-E x16 capable motherboard/machine. As I think about the heat requirements The only option that comes to mind is water cooling. Even with a solution where hot air is expelled from the computer it seems like two 6800u's would tend to heat a computer up fairly fast. Water cooling while not always the most silent solution could be a serious alternative. Even easier these days considering that many of the OEM's are producing 6800u retail cards with water cooling solutions.

shathal · Post by **shathal** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:43 am

Well - cooling (and the deafening roaring aside) ...

... do they sell PSU-sized fusion power plants too? These things eat 100+ W EACH. On top of a beefy CPU (no point in shoving this into a low-end system, right), this is 300W already there.

"OUCH" I think

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ChucuSCAD · Post by **ChucuSCAD** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:46 am

Well atleast you will be able to use your computer case as an oven.

Start up your thanksgiving turkey 12 hours before serving for best moisture content.

chucuSCAD

shathal · Post by **shathal** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:58 am

Well - that or it'd contend with your car for global warming...

pony-tail · Post by **pony-tail** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:28 pm

And I paid $279 for a Chook cooker (Chicken roaster for the non-Aussies) and I could have modded my computer to do the job and saved space.

ONEshot · Post by **ONEshot** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 9:43 pm

That SLI thing is AWESOME!

Noise aside, they could end up attaching more and more and more video cards together! Oh man! On a dual AMD64 board (when they make it) could be the new definition of a powerhouse machine. Wow... Awesome...