Another option for you single slot guys, 6850 single slot

[happy medium]

Just a heads up for our single slot guys.:thumbsup:

http://www.fudzilla.com/graphics/item/22501-powercolor-rolls-out-a-single-slot-hd-6850

 

[nonameo]

Wow... I don't know why but it just looks so... pretty...

 

[ExcaliburMM]

The 6850 and 6870 are popular crossfire cards from what I understand, so single slot is probably going to help in the thermals there. More room to breathe. Or perhaps the smaller heatsink size will do as much bad as good. We'll see I suppose.

As a side note, I miss the days of the 8800GT, the nice single slot EVGA ones that I now think of every time I see a single slot card. I think card makers are getting too used to having dual slot to work with.

 

[Powermoloch]

very nice :thumbsup:

 

[nitromullet]

The 6850 and 6870 are popular crossfire cards from what I understand, so single slot is probably going to help in the thermals there. More room to breathe. Or perhaps the smaller heatsink size will do as much bad as good. We'll see I suppose.

As a side note, I miss the days of the 8800GT, the nice single slot EVGA ones that I now think of every time I see a single slot card. I think card makers are getting too used to having dual slot to work with.

Single slot is dicey for getting decent temps on a higher end card. Even the 8800GT underwent a revision because the first cooler wasn't really good enough.

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[Termie]

The 6850 and 6870 are popular crossfire cards from what I understand, so single slot is probably going to help in the thermals there. More room to breathe. Or perhaps the smaller heatsink size will do as much bad as good. We'll see I suppose.

As a side note, I miss the days of the 8800GT, the nice single slot EVGA ones that I now think of every time I see a single slot card. I think card makers are getting too used to having dual slot to work with.

The single-slot cooler on the EVGA 8800gt was a piece of junk. I had one. Obnoxiously loud, incredibly high temps. Replaced the cooler right away. Is it any surprise so many overheated and needed to be baked?

It's been a long time since a modern mid-range card could safely operate with a single-slot cooler. I personally wouldn't take a chance with this new 6850. It will be loud, and it could eventually overheat.

 

[Imp]

Sweet. Too bad I already bought a dual-slot one.

It's sandwiched next to my soundcard, so I'd rather burn the money on a new soundcard (noticing sound driver issues with my Xtrememusic).

 

[darkswordsman17]

I would actually love if the 7770 was a 28nm 6870 with a single slot cooler (that was quiet and provided adequate cooling). Maybe a ~1000/1200 binned 28nm 6950/6970 instead (which would make more sense for them to be using VLIW4) for 7750/7770. They'd have plenty of room to make a 78X0 cards with like 2000SP and 2GB, and then they could have a 2800/3000SP high end 79X0.

 

[alcoholbob]

Good old single slot 8800s...ran on fire and loud as hell.

 

[happy medium]

It's been a long time since a modern mid-range card could safely operate with a single-slot cooler.

I guess you missed the gtx460 single slot , which is cool and quiet.

"Obviously this means that the heatsink and fan design on the Razor card are just better quality - not only that but the noise levels on the card were not noticeably louder than the reference design. "

 

[Termie]

I guess you missed the gtx460 single slot , which is cool and quiet.

"Obviously this means that the heatsink and fan design on the Razor card are just better quality - not only that but the noise levels on the card were not noticeably louder than the reference design. "

Have to admit that's pretty impressive. We'll see if they can perform the same trick with the 6850.

 

[B00M123]

Still learning stuff about gaming PC's and about to get my own. What is a single slot GPU? My system will have a 6870, standard one I guess.

 

[happy medium]

Have to admit that's pretty impressive. We'll see if they can perform the same trick with the 6850.

I hope so, thats one nice looking 6850.:thumbsup:

 

[happy medium]

Still learning stuff about gaming PC's and about to get my own. What is a single slot GPU? My system will have a 6870, standard one I guess.

It means it only takes up 1 slot on your motherboard. They are usually only about an inch wide or so. There are also a little more exspensive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162072

 

[B00M123]

This is the MOBO I'll be getting with a 6870 GPU, Asus M4A87TD USB3. Will that be fine?

 

[happy medium]

This is the MOBO I'll be getting with a 6870 GPU, Asus M4A87TD USB3. Will that be fine?

Yes, you have more than enough room on that board. :thumbsup:

 

[B00M123]

But it only has one GPU slot? So I wont need a sinlge slot card even though this mobo only has one GPU slot?

 

[crisium]

Single slot cards look so nice. I just want to hug them.

 

[happy medium]

But it only has one GPU slot? So I wont need a sinlge slot card even though this mobo only has one GPU slot?

No it has plenty of room. It has 2 pci-e slots running at 16x and 4x and a few pci slots. It also has a 1x pci-e.

If you were gonna fill all the other pci-e/pci slots then you would need a single slot card but no one ever does that. These single slot cards are for
people with special circumstances and very little room.
Trust me you will be fine.:thumbsup:

 

[B00M123]

Oh riiiight I get it. Cheers for clearing that up man.

 

[yacoub]

Problem with single-slot coolers is the fan is so shallow it has to turn faster to move enough air and that makes it louder. Bleh.

 

[happy medium]

Problem with single-slot coolers is the fan is so shallow it has to turn faster to move enough air and that makes it louder. Bleh.

Thats not allways true, read post #11.

 

[BFG10K]

We'll see if they can perform the same trick with the 6850.

There's no reason they can't given the 6850 has a lower TDP than the GTX460.

 

[Termie]

There's no reason they can't given the 6850 has a lower TDP than the GTX460.

That's true, but the reference GTX460 has amazingly low idle/load temps, even lower than the HD6850: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4260/amds-radeon-hd-6790-coming-up-short-at-150/14 (scroll down for temps)

 

[d4a2n0k]

The 460's are definitely 1 exception. They really are cool running cards. I have a pair in SLI O/C to 900/2100 and the top one never goes over 75c. The bottom one is 10 degrees cooler. This is in a HAF932 with the 230mm fan blowing on them but they replaced a single reference ASUS 5850 that was in the same spot that would runner hotter.