Good point!
Is it kinda like heatpipes but in this case a big chamber instead of individual pipes?
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580 GTX Price is up....
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Is it kinda like heatpipes but in this case a big chamber instead of individual pipes?
it is quite widely reported that they only have 10% of gtx580's compared to 6970's so perhaps they will sell out if very popular.
" threads yet so they might not of got them just yet.....
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really shocked how they managed to keep this card very quiet and then sneak it in before AMD's 6970... I mean we have known about the 6970 but not spec, but the gtx580 was pretty much none existent untill a couple of weeks ago.
That means nvidia have learnt from the first fermi launch and know getting in first gives them a great advantage.
All i can say is nvidia have been busy little bees getting this card done and out the door in such a short space of time.
Hats off to them.
That means nvidia have learnt from the first fermi launch and know getting in first gives them a great advantage.
All i can say is nvidia have been busy little bees getting this card done and out the door in such a short space of time.
Hats off to them.
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What power connectors with be needed to power the 580?
Should be the same as a 480, two a 6 and 8 pin.
Yeah - I'm not completely unconnected from the industry and have heard literally nothing about this card until a week ago! usually odd bits of info would start coming up in conversation months before a new release.
No problem, it's suppose to more efficient than the 480.
It works on the same principle, yes
I'm really quite interested in how the vapour chamber will operate - particularly in different orientations. I have wondered for years why something like this has not been implemented before... It's quite an "obvious" thing to try, so I guess there must be some technical / economic challenges that need to be addressed. In principle it could be extremely efficient... We all remember the improvements that heatpipes offered when they first arrived on the scene, and here the contact area for the coolant with the hot surface is far greater than with heatpipes.
You know, I think I'm more interested in this new cooler design than any other aspect of the GTX580
Yes... Power draw is expected to be around 20% less than a GTX480, and a corsair HX1000 is more than enough for a GTX480 SLI setup. You could potentially get away with three if you wanted, although that may be pushing it a bit (we will have to wait for final power-draw stats to see).
This doesn't look that legit as i thought they were doing away with the massive cooler with the redesign.
but they have defo made space on their site for it...
(i removed all mention of the name etc.. and no link to site but let me know if it needs to be taken down)
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I have seen a few like that now but with Web only offer 10+ in stock Direct from our main warehouse.
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I got that email as well, despite the fact ive never shopped with them before.
I have used them a few times and they have always been a very pleasant to deal with. They got my Asus GTX480 a full month before anyone else had it in stock. I cant really fault them.