A few more cards inbound..

[Hauk]

Anyone remember when 3rd party coolers and Arctic Silver Adhesive were tools of the trade?

You youngsters have it made.. great cooling solutions out of the box. Here are a few more, no real news, just pics..



Sapphire 290x 8GB:




970 Gold Edition:






Palit Super Jetstream 980:






The HOF:







The real HOF 970/980:

 

[gradoman]

Colors to match any build theme -- I love that HOF white PCB.

 

[davie jambo]

Wonder how much the Sapphire 8gb monster will be

I am in the market for a R9 290x

 

[Hauk]

Colors to match any build theme -- I love that HOF white PCB.

Yea that white PCB is nice, like the silver backplate too

 

[notty22]

Love them all!

I find myself always looking at the VaporX. And have been a fan of past golden (copper) editions.

gtx 465

 

[wand3r3r]

They are considerably more aesthetically pleasing than the cards a few years back.

 

[Leyawiin]

I don't know. I always kind of enjoyed taking a video card with a crappy cooler and installing an Arctic Cooling Accelero on it. Done it with an 8800 GTX, GTX 260 and GTX 460. Liked seeing the big drop in temps and noise afterward.

 

[Cerb]

You youngsters have it made.. great cooling solutions out of the box. Here are a few more, no real news, just pics..

Not all of us. I remember having to add fans to cool my Voodoo's memory chips, and it still not being enough in the summer, when the room temp would get to 80-85F!

 

[Phaetos]

Not all of us. I remember having to add fans to cool my Voodoo's memory chips, and it still not being enough in the summer, when the room temp would get to 80-85F!

Good god, did you not have A/C?

 

[aigomorla]

Colors to match any build theme -- I love that HOF white PCB.

Agreed!

i would love a white PCB... sigh... too bad i already have my 980's

Love them all!

I find myself always looking at the VaporX. And have been a fan of past golden (copper) editions.

gtx 465

me too, until it starts to oxidize, then you got some nasty color copper.. :\
And u cant polish it either or add a clear coat to it, as it hinders the heat transfer potiental in copper...

 

[creed3020]

That white PCB is very interesting.

I still remember modding my Geforce 4 Ti 4200 with an aftermarket copper heatsink and RAM heatsinks attached with Arctic Alumina. Wow what a difference that made over the stock aluminum heatsink ASUS had on there.

 

[Cerb]

Good god, did you not have A/C?

Sure, but I was on the 2nd floor, which never got or stayed as cool (and in the winter, not as warm), without separate A/C, and the window unit experience was quite the PITA.

 

[Pia]

Based on preliminary benchmark footage the HOFF isn't effective at keeping temps in check when running. Hot silicone all over the place.

 

[davie jambo]

Based on preliminary benchmark footage the HOFF isn't effective at keeping temps in check when running. Hot silicone all over the place.

It's called the Hoff for a reason

 

[greybaby]

I love the lighter look of that hoff! I wish I had one.