Gigabyte Geforce 6600GT Silent-Pipe II

[Operandi]

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I'm putting this here rather then video due to it's passive heatsink. It looks like a fairly impressive design. Hopefully looks aren't deceiving and Gigabyte learned their lesson from their previous horrible passive line.

 

[suszterpatt]

There are more efficient aftermarket passive VGA coolers out there (I'm looking at you, Thermaltake Schooner). This looks like a very bad compromise between price and cooling power.

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: suszterpatt
There are more efficient aftermarket passive VGA coolers out there (I'm looking at you, Thermaltake Schooner). This looks like a very bad compromise between price and cooling power.

First; this is a stock cooling solution, comparing it to any aftermarket cooler doesn?t make much sense. Second; since both price and performance are unknown so you're making baseless assumptions.

Assuming that it's put together correctly this looks like a very good solution for those that don't feel comfortable with aftermarket GPU heatsinks.

 

[Shadowknight]

I've heard that a lot of the gigabyte coolers come with crappily applied thermalpaste, so you'll probably get better temps if you take the cooler off and reapply the TIM.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: Shadowknight
I've heard that a lot of the gigabyte coolers come with crappily applied thermalpaste, so you'll probably get better temps if you take the cooler off and reapply the TIM.

I Love Gigabyte Video cards!! never had any issues with thermal paste or theremal pads!!

 

[lifeguard1999]

THG Review of Gigabyte GeForce 6600 GT Silentpipe II

 

[suszterpatt]

Originally posted by: Operandi
First; this is a stock cooling solution, comparing it to any aftermarket cooler doesn?t make much sense. Second; since both price and performance are unknown so you're making baseless assumptions.

Assuming that it's put together correctly this looks like a very good solution for those that don't feel comfortable with aftermarket GPU heatsinks.

Assumptions yes, but not baseless. Larger/more heatsinks tend to give better cooling performance, and you can't put much more fins on a cooler than the Schooner does. And since most active aftermarket coolers are cheaper than passive ones, there's no reason to assume that a card that has such passive cooling out of the box is cheaper than if it had active. Plus it's a rarity, which means they can easily get away with charging a bit of extra for it.


You're right though that this is a convenient solution for silent freaks who don't feel like messing around with their vid cards.

 

[lifeguard1999]

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[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: lifeguard1999
THG Review of Gigabyte GeForce 6600 GT Silentpipe II

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.insanetek.com/review.php?id=217">Insanetek Review of Gigabyte GeForce 6600 GT Silentpipe II
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Thanks for the links! :thumbsup: