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about time 4870x2 owners got third party cooling.

Very nice and long overdue.

Currently using Rivatuner to control the stock fan and, whilst it works reasonably well, it does tend to kick out a fair bit of noise at speed.
 
Most excellent news :)

I wonder if Thermalright will be releasing one as well?

Will definately have this on pre-order as and when.
 
layte said:
Mine hits 90+ with a mild overclock. I'll be keeping the original cooler for next winter for keeping my room nice and toasty.
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Hahaha you aint joking mate to tell you the truth durring the cold snap i didnt put my heating on till later on in the day and my pc kept my room warm through out.
You really get some great heat form the 4870x2 it will be a shame to loose it specially with gas prices on the rise.
 
with one of these coolers water cooling for the gfx card is not really needed, with the added bonus it makes life a lot easier when you go to sell it on or move to another system too.
 
pointless in terms of value though. THe card could well be looking at having a replacement version out by then, although if they are bringing a new X2 out isn't clear, though having two separate single cards crossfired normally if they are 20-25% faster still leaves this as a second choice solution.

Theres a chance that the refresh won't be that impressive(with apparently a very turd 40nm process screwing things up significantly) so buying a new cooler in march might be on a top end card till November/december.

When will they get their act together, ati, nvidia and the cooler makers and get things sorted so they are available from release. £50 extra for a cooler is far more attractive an option when you can use it the whole time you have the card, not just the last month before you sell it on.

But then, its looking more and more likely the next gen of cards from ati are ditching the blower fans which is the cause of the crap cooling. Stock heatsink with shroud gone and a silent fan cools infinately better than with shroud and blower fan. With most of the more recent ati products, 4850x2, and LOTS of 3rd party cards coming out with more normal fans blowing onto the heatsinks it seems to be the way all the companies are wanting to go.

Its still a kick in the teeth to charge £40 for it this late in the day when you can stick a £4 zalman fan on the stock sink with 20p's worth of zipties and get the same cooling performance.

the performance numbers are a touch off aswell, with the stock cooling I only hit in the 90c's under full load with the fan at default speed of 27%, I can't hear that at all, the airflow or the fan. The fan speed/noise might be accurate, but I think at 27% rivatuner shows it at what, 1300rpm where its basically silent. At the rpm they showed mine drops from the 90's to the mid/high 60's, just at an unbearable noise.
 
Some of us may not wish to sell our 4870x2 cards this year, I still think that its still a good buy to be had.
And if someone did sell their 4870x2 this year who ever buys it will still buy the cooler.
 
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ViRuS2k said:
dam where is this cooler, im getting impatiant now lol..
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How strange is this! I was just about to post and ask whats happing with the Accelero XTREME 4870X2 and ViRuS2k gets the ball rolling:eek: Nice one.
Exactly ViRuS2k, It was due end of march and for us PC people...............it's late lol
 
it is ludicrous, but again in this climate you have to expect that, it takes time and money to retool a production line to make something slightly different. No matter how good a 4870x2 its still a very low volume card so it offers little in the way of profits to make a 3rd party cooler for it. i'd be very surprised if the X2 made up more than 5% of 48XX series cards, and less surprised if it was less than 2%, then the amount of people who are willing to void warranties on that 2% is pretty low and hell, they might not even sell 5k coolers, for the cost at the moment its probably just not worth it and products that will sell in higher numbers for larger margins take priority.

In the meantime, grab a zalman for £4, 4-8 zipties for 20p, take the shroud off your card, put in the over and gas mark 3 for 30 mins and out will pop a silently cooled 4870x2 for less than £5 and no waiting.
 
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