ThermalTake releases the TideWater Plus

[Bateluer]

Now includes ramsinks as well.

Figures, just after I bought a Tidewater.

 

[DeathReborn]

Now it looks more appealing to me but i'll wait for some reviews & for shops to start selling it in the UK.

 

[Bateluer]

Doesn't seem that people are too interested in watercooling video cards . . .

 

[BigPoppa]

I'm still skiddish about water cooling anything. Maybe when I've finally graduated and have some disposable income it'll be less of a threat.

 

[moonboy403]

hahaha...tidewater can't even cool down one xtx enough

let alone 2 gpus in sli

 

[TheRyuu]

I bet you that my custom WaterCooling setup kicks the crap out of that tide water thing.

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: moonboy403
hahaha...tidewater can't even cool down one xtx enough

let alone 2 gpus in sli

Proof of this? Reviews show it cools pretty well.

http://www.pcmoddingmy.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.355

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: Ackmed

Originally posted by: moonboy403
hahaha...tidewater can't even cool down one xtx enough

let alone 2 gpus in sli

Proof of this?

In some review, the tidewater hit the same 90C (or 80C, can't remeber) mark as the stock cooler. It just took the tidewater a little longer to hit it.
Don't have the link on hand.

 

[Ackmed]

I edited for a link. Works pretty good to me.

 

[moonboy403]

Originally posted by: Ackmed

Originally posted by: moonboy403
hahaha...tidewater can't even cool down one xtx enough

let alone 2 gpus in sli

Proof of this? Reviews show it cools pretty well.

http://www.pcmoddingmy.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.355

i followed our very own trusty anandtech review
Review!

the xtx reaches up to 90C!

 

[Fistandantilis]

I think that it is important to keep in mind that the reviews are almost always done on the 6800 series video card... my 1900xt gets alot hotter than my old 6800GT.
I would love to see some reviews done on a 1900xt, I am just waiting to pull the trigger on an aftermarket cooler for my card but I have yet to see a review that is comparable.

to the OP, have you installed you tidewater? is it on a 1900 series card? either way how is it working out?

NOTE
I do realize that there may in fact be reviews of this tidewater on a 1900xt but I have not seen or heard about it, last I knew they were not compatible with the 1900 series.

 

[moonboy403]

Originally posted by: Fistandantilis
I think that it is important to keep in mind that the reviews are almost always done on the 6800 series video card... my 1900xt gets alot hotter than my old 6800GT.
I would love to see some reviews done on a 1900xt, I am just waiting to pull the trigger on an aftermarket cooler for my card but I have yet to see a review that is comparable.

to the OP, have you installed you tidewater? is it on a 1900 series card? either way how is it working out?

NOTE
I do realize that there may in fact be reviews of this tidewater on a 1900xt but I have not seen or heard about it, last I knew they were not compatible with the 1900 series.

anandtech did it

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: moonboy403

Originally posted by: Fistandantilis
I think that it is important to keep in mind that the reviews are almost always done on the 6800 series video card... my 1900xt gets alot hotter than my old 6800GT.
I would love to see some reviews done on a 1900xt, I am just waiting to pull the trigger on an aftermarket cooler for my card but I have yet to see a review that is comparable.

to the OP, have you installed you tidewater? is it on a 1900 series card? either way how is it working out?

NOTE
I do realize that there may in fact be reviews of this tidewater on a 1900xt but I have not seen or heard about it, last I knew they were not compatible with the 1900 series.

anandtech did it

To be fair, AT has not done a review on the Tidewater. The Blizzard card came with a water cooling setup from Sapphire. While they look the same, AT didn't post any details in their review. It may be different than the Tidewater, it may be the same.

I do have a Tidewater, search for my 700GS/Tidewater thread. I was able to get my 7800GS to 475Mhz without it breaking 50C on the core. Coolbits falls the test part on anything higher than 485 though.

 

[moonboy403]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: moonboy403

Originally posted by: Fistandantilis
I think that it is important to keep in mind that the reviews are almost always done on the 6800 series video card... my 1900xt gets alot hotter than my old 6800GT.
I would love to see some reviews done on a 1900xt, I am just waiting to pull the trigger on an aftermarket cooler for my card but I have yet to see a review that is comparable.

to the OP, have you installed you tidewater? is it on a 1900 series card? either way how is it working out?

NOTE
I do realize that there may in fact be reviews of this tidewater on a 1900xt but I have not seen or heard about it, last I knew they were not compatible with the 1900 series.

anandtech did it

To be fair, AT has not done a review on the Tidewater. The Blizzard card came with a water cooling setup from Sapphire. While they look the same, AT didn't post any details in their review. It may be different than the Tidewater, it may be the same.

I do have a Tidewater, search for my 700GS/Tidewater thread. I was able to get my 7800GS to 475Mhz without it breaking 50C on the core. Coolbits falls the test part on anything higher than 485 though.

The Blizzard cooler was developed in conjunction with Thermaltake and is exclusive to Sapphire.

Link

in addition, 7800 gs consumes heck a lot less power than an x1900 xtx (peaks at over 120w)

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: moonboy403

Originally posted by: Ackmed

Originally posted by: moonboy403
hahaha...tidewater can't even cool down one xtx enough

let alone 2 gpus in sli

Proof of this? Reviews show it cools pretty well.

http://www.pcmoddingmy.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.355

i followed our very own trusty anandtech review
Review!

the xtx reaches up to 90C!

As my link shows, it cools two cards very well. Despite your claims that it cant even cool one. Your link is not even of the Tidewater plus. Even so, the Blizzard cools very well, AT must have had a bad card or something. Here is FS's review, and as you can see, it cools very well. 22c cooler than the stock cooler I might add.

As far as the cooling performance is concerned, the Tide Water Plus come up second below the best air-cooled solution we have seen, but by only a minimum margin. Anyhow, it allowed our graphics cards to operate far cooler than the stock cooler and also maintained our case temperature since the heat was dumped outside of the case. The true performance of the Tide Water Plus was unleashed when we overclocked the graphics card as we recorded close to zero increase in GPU temperatures. The Tide Water Plus clearly outpaced other air-coolers at high clock speed and we are beginning to believe that this product is targeted towards overclockers.