Gainward GeForce FX 5800 Ultra - fan at only 7db?
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I doubt it uses water-cooling, but it will be interesting to see some actual reviews. If they've really got it down to 7db, I imagine everyone will be following their lead and trashing the 70db setups.
A fan at 7dp wont be able to push any air. that sucker produces as much heat as a cpu, it needs cooling. Also i havent seen a fan 60mm-80mm under 12dp's.
It could happen, its been hinted by Hercules that they`re producing a water cooled R300 and/or R350 card. For people to add into their existing water cooled set up.
OMG look at the price almost 700 bux + tax. What's this about? Its almost unrealistic I mean that's the price of a computer. I thought FX was targeting at the $399 market.
EUR:US ~1:1. Today it's like $.092 to $1 but it fluctuates back and forth a bit.
Heh, if they market the card here for more than $399US nobody is going to buy it.
Heh, if they market the card here for more than $399US nobody is going to buy it.
Sheesh, what a name for a card. "Gainward FX PowerPack! Model Ultra/1000 Plus ?Golden Sample?TM." Really rolls off the tongue, huh?
I was trying to find if my power supply would be adequate for this thing, but apparantly I don't need to worry about it, because it's "powered by pure adrenaline."
I was trying to find if my power supply would be adequate for this thing, but apparantly I don't need to worry about it, because it's "powered by pure adrenaline."
659 Euro's is $712, $300 more than the MSRP on standard 5800 Ultra's.
Even with the extra sound card, games and firewire card thats still alot more than it should be. Unless of course it does come with water cooling which is the only way I could possibly imagine them getting the noise down to 7db on a monster like that which is nearly 80db with the stock fan and still gets near 70c.
Ok that thing was like a jet engine. Its gotta at least be 80dba to get that loud. It sounds like a rock concert when running at 3D capabilities which happends to be in most games.
I am a big time nvidia fan, you know with the stickers and stuff. However, I think I'm going with 9700 pro this time unless nvidia can do something about that noise which is unrealistc. Did any of you watch the lil video from the 5800 ultra review? It was loud!.
In the review 9700 Pro also beats Nvidia in many categories considering that the 5800 specification is so much higher I wondered what happened. My only guess now is the immature drivers which is causing a problem. Sometimes sucessful driver can increae performance by 20-30% so I'm looking forward to that. Once its all revealed in the next couple month I will think about if the card is with the money.
I am a big time nvidia fan, you know with the stickers and stuff. However, I think I'm going with 9700 pro this time unless nvidia can do something about that noise which is unrealistc. Did any of you watch the lil video from the 5800 ultra review? It was loud!.
In the review 9700 Pro also beats Nvidia in many categories considering that the 5800 specification is so much higher I wondered what happened. My only guess now is the immature drivers which is causing a problem. Sometimes sucessful driver can increae performance by 20-30% so I'm looking forward to that. Once its all revealed in the next couple month I will think about if the card is with the money.
I think the price is fair for what you get:
Firewire card ($50... separately)
5.1 sound card ($30 for a Cmedia card)
Plus games and peace and quiet
GF/FX $350 +
Gainward probably will NOT make a water block for it, not all people have watercooling. So why would a peron who does not have one buy the card if it wont function.
Its has to be like Sapphire's Radeon 9700 PRO with the HUUUGE heatsink from Zalmans. Gainwards version might have a fan with it to move the hot air. Still could take up the 1st PCI slot, but for a quiet operation without Water cooling and vaccum fans Gainward can make people really interested in buying their card.
Kudos Gainward.
Firewire card ($50... separately)
5.1 sound card ($30 for a Cmedia card)
Plus games and peace and quiet
GF/FX $350 +
Gainward probably will NOT make a water block for it, not all people have watercooling. So why would a peron who does not have one buy the card if it wont function.
Its has to be like Sapphire's Radeon 9700 PRO with the HUUUGE heatsink from Zalmans. Gainwards version might have a fan with it to move the hot air. Still could take up the 1st PCI slot, but for a quiet operation without Water cooling and vaccum fans Gainward can make people really interested in buying their card.
Kudos Gainward.
Soulkeeper
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I was thinking that some my friends are making a big deal out of the card taking up two Slots one AGP of course and a extra PCI slot. I can't understand why they didn't consider the fact that his Ti4200 is already taking two slots with such a huge heatsink and fan. Also does anyway know what voltage this card runs on? 1.5 1.6 1.7?
http://www.gainward.de/gwnewsite/gwdown/product/GFFX/jpeg/GF_FX_U_1000_PLUS_GS_L.jpg
At least you get to see the retail box.
At least you get to see the retail box.
Thanks for the link! I had seen the 1000 and the 2000 and the pix looked like they didn't require 2 slots. WTF?
Your pic looks like it might be a 2000.
But $1295 and $1995 ? :disgust: I don't have that kind of cash to burn!
Looks like I'm going to have to go for the FireGL X1. Sorry, nVIDIA, because I really like my Gainward Ti4600 dual-DVI.
Yah but the 9700 Pro doesnt put out enough heat to be even in the same ball park,I mean look at the dink HSF on the built by ATI cards compared to the FX super cooler, Its no bigger than the heatsink on my old geforce3(though abit louder). Despite putting out alot less heat though it still takes a huge heat sink as you said, I can only imagine that a passive cooling system for the FX would need to be so gigantic as to take up all your PCI slots and require scaffolding to stop it from tearing off your MB's AGP slot.
Im thinkin at that price that it doesnt come with just a water block,but perhaps an entire external system alla Koolance's EXOS system.
I think that it is a misprint. No fan worth its salt generates 7dB of noise. Many good fans run at 17 dB or 27 dB. A fan like that and a heatpipe like the one on the nonexistant Sapphire Radeon 9700 PRO Ultimate would work great on the FX.
When I hear it I'll belive it. Gainward would never do water cooling as the massive majority of computer geeks use simple air cooling. I seriously doubt they actually got it to 7db, as the human heart is louder than this 
As many have said, no cooler even very slow ones generates much more noise than 7db.
It'd be a simple typo, measured on th far away spot, or non-aircooling system.
And what is important, even if it's around 50 db level, you still have to force out the heated air outside the case.
C'mon, it's 150F(70C) even with that gigantic cooler. If you let the hot air inside the case, you won't be able to handle the heating problem of the system.
Then you'll need another case cooler or a more powerful one. - that's again more noises.
So needless to say, that gainward fx will not be cheap and it will not be the last coinage you'd use on that.
It'd be a simple typo, measured on th far away spot, or non-aircooling system.
And what is important, even if it's around 50 db level, you still have to force out the heated air outside the case.
C'mon, it's 150F(70C) even with that gigantic cooler. If you let the hot air inside the case, you won't be able to handle the heating problem of the system.
Then you'll need another case cooler or a more powerful one. - that's again more noises.
So needless to say, that gainward fx will not be cheap and it will not be the last coinage you'd use on that.
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I'm going to jump on the 'its a misprint' bandwagon.
That leaves me wondering what Gainward is thinking about with that price tag. If they had gotten the sound down to 7db the pricetag makes sense because thats no small accomplishment, but since they probably didn't... that tag is way more then it should be in my opinion. None of the extra things the video card comes with justifies almost doubling the price.
That leaves me wondering what Gainward is thinking about with that price tag. If they had gotten the sound down to 7db the pricetag makes sense because thats no small accomplishment, but since they probably didn't... that tag is way more then it should be in my opinion. None of the extra things the video card comes with justifies almost doubling the price.
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