Sparkle 8800gt passive card review "Anandtech"
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Sparkle 8800gt passive card review "Anandtech"
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3165
And apparently....The card runs quite toasty.......mmmmm...toasted...
And apparently....The card runs quite toasty.......mmmmm...toasted...
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No it does not. Or at least this is not what the results really mean : They put it in the worst case possible with almost no airflow (2x80mm is nothing especially with the lack of intake sources), surrounded by scorching components and bad cable job without even a fan pointing to the GPU heatsink. And still it survived. That is quite an achievement. To be fair they would have to compare with another passive card.And apparently....The card runs quite toasty.......mmmmm...toasted...
To know exactly how hot the card becomes, we will have to wait for sensible reviews, not torture reports. Though i admit i expected a larger heatsink and am now questioning whether i will buy this one or combine another with a S1 or HR-03. Now i understand why the original announcement pictures were not clear enough to see the heatsink .[/quote]
Hopefully the ECS 8800GT will be another fanless off-the-shelf option.Blacktales wrote:Though i admit i expected a larger heatsink and am now questioning whether i will buy this one or combine another with a S1 or HR-03.
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So true, you really have to take any passive video card review with a grain of salt; case airflow (or lack thereof) can have an enormous impact on temps. What peeves me is when a reviewer thinks that because a card is passively cooled you can just stick it in a case with horrible airflow and it will run at great temps. Even for low-end cards this is far from the truth, you need at least some airflow over these cards, and for best results the heatsink should receive direct airflow from a case fan or indirect airflow through ducting.Blacktales wrote:No it does not. Or at least this is not what the results really mean : They put it in the worst case possible with almost no airflow (2x80mm is nothing especially with the lack of intake sources), surrounded by scorching components and bad cable job without even a fan pointing to the GPU heatsink. And still it survived. That is quite an achievement. To be fair they would have to compare with another passive card.
To know exactly how hot the card becomes, we will have to wait for sensible reviews, not torture reports. Though i admit i expected a larger heatsink and am now questioning whether i will buy this one or combine another with a S1 or HR-03. Now i understand why the original announcement pictures were not clear enough to see the heatsink .
Heatsink on it seems less effective then the S1 in my opinion. S1 has more surface to stick a nice fan (or 2) on, 1 more heatpipe and is better looking (provided you take off the plastic thingies).
What would be nice to see is a review of 8800GT's with all available passive coolers at this time, done from the same case with proper airflow (at least intake + outlet).
Untill that happens it will mostly come down to gut feelings, other peoples experiences with their cooling and how persuasive they are.
Not complaining about the sparkle passive though, always great when there's a stock built passive solution for those that do not want to mess about with it on their own. And it looks better then the asus passive 'solution' on their EN8600GT Silent
What would be nice to see is a review of 8800GT's with all available passive coolers at this time, done from the same case with proper airflow (at least intake + outlet).
Untill that happens it will mostly come down to gut feelings, other peoples experiences with their cooling and how persuasive they are.
Not complaining about the sparkle passive though, always great when there's a stock built passive solution for those that do not want to mess about with it on their own. And it looks better then the asus passive 'solution' on their EN8600GT Silent
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There's no need for any updateCerb wrote:I liked it. The review basically says that in a good case, all will be well. No SPCR member, and I doubt many AT members, would sleep well at night with anything remotely similar to their test setup. I think a follow-up article, with a good case, should be in order, though, or at least an update.
Target of this review was finding the usability limit of the card, and they simply weren't able to. That's an achievement, there's no need to try it anywhere else, because the card simply works, and nobody's goin' to put it in a worse situation than that crazy one.
Very nice product.
Giacomo