wouldn't btx be much better for video card cooling?

[her34]

with gpu's facing right side up, there would be clearance for a bigger heatsink and you could have fans that are perpindicular to the card instead of parallel which would be quieter yet push more air

although intel doesn't need btx as much any more, considering the ever increasing power consumption of gpu's why doesn't ati/nvidia push for it

 

[Powermoloch]

well duh yeah ! Hot/warm air rises

 

[XJustMeX21]

Well if its that big of a deal to nvidia/ati why not reverse how they make there current cards so the gpu is on the other side i don't think this would be extreamly difficult for them.

 

[potato28]

Heres an even easier answer: lower the heat and power!!!

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: potato28
Heres an even easier answer: lower the heat and power!!!

Or...flip the normal ATX case upside down :laugh:

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Powermoloch

Originally posted by: potato28
Heres an even easier answer: lower the heat and power!!!

Or...flip the normal ATX case upside down :laugh:

i don't understand why more cases don't have the ability to mount the board on the left side, rather than the right. P180 would have been perfect for that. but no, antec pussed out.

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Powermoloch

Originally posted by: potato28
Heres an even easier answer: lower the heat and power!!!

Or...flip the normal ATX case upside down :laugh:

i don't understand why more cases don't have the ability to mount the board on the left side, rather than the right. P180 would have been perfect for that. but no, antec pussed out.

It's a right sided world after all :evil:

 

[josh6079]

The difference between the two is pretty negligible. The BTX style is better looking IMO, and it certainly doesn't hurt anything to go ahead and mount it in such a fashion, even if it doesn't really make a temp difference.

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: josh6079
The difference between the two is pretty negligible. The BTX style is better looking IMO, and it certainly doesn't hurt anything to go ahead and mount it in such a fashion, even if it doesn't really make a temp difference.

True, with adequate cooling (especially on intake and outtake).

 

[michal1980]

It would almost no differance. and why would you want a perpendicular fan?

As for flipping it over, It might make it worse. Its ture heat rises, and since the cpu is ussually the highest compent in the system, so its in the highest temp area.

The gpu ussualy has very few heat sources under it. A case with good air flow, will allow the gpu fan to suck air from under it, to the heat sink, then push it out the sides.

In-effect making the upside down way of doing things more efficent and cooler, because the air the fan will suck in from the bottom of the card will be cooler then the air above the card. :-D

don't worry, If engineers though they could get away with a top mount solution that would provide better cooling, you would have seen it by now.

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: michal1980
It would almost no differance. and why would you want a perpendicular fan?

As for flipping it over, It might make it worse. Its ture heat rises, and since the cpu is ussually the highest compent in the system, so its in the highest temp area.

The gpu ussualy has very few heat sources under it. A case with good air flow, will allow the gpu fan to suck air from under it, to the heat sink, then push it out the sides.

In-effect making the upside down way of doing things more efficent and cooler, because the air the fan will suck in from the bottom of the card will be cooler then the air above the card. :-D

don't worry, If engineers though they could get away with a top mount solution that would provide better cooling, you would have seen it by now.

I think Asus did 1 cardwith the fan on top bascialyl a flipped card for the fx series. cool looking card. ill try to find a link. It cooled well but then the fan was ginormous.

 

[michal1980]

Originally posted by: mwmorph

Originally posted by: michal1980
It would almost no differance. and why would you want a perpendicular fan?

As for flipping it over, It might make it worse. Its ture heat rises, and since the cpu is ussually the highest compent in the system, so its in the highest temp area.

The gpu ussualy has very few heat sources under it. A case with good air flow, will allow the gpu fan to suck air from under it, to the heat sink, then push it out the sides.

In-effect making the upside down way of doing things more efficent and cooler, because the air the fan will suck in from the bottom of the card will be cooler then the air above the card. :-D

don't worry, If engineers though they could get away with a top mount solution that would provide better cooling, you would have seen it by now.

I think Asus did 1 cardwith the fan on top bascialyl a flipped card for the fx series. cool looking card. ill try to find a link. It cooled well but then the fan was ginormous.

I have no doubt theres a few cards out there that are 'upside down'

imo, though, if there was a large advantage to the sink being on top, we would have alot more cards with that setup.

I think they just like drawing in the color air from the bottom of the case.
If you had the gpu draw air from the top, (right below the cpu). you would be pulling air warmed up to 40-60C. as opposed to the nicer/cooler case air temp of 20-30C under the card.

However in an SLI/x-fire setup. I think on card upside down, might not be that bad of an idea. ess[ically with the new cooler running core 2 chips