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New asus 6970 custom cooler

I'd have one.....but have lots of space in my case, so not worried about the triple height cooler.

Helios1234, what exactly do you do with the hardware when you have finished your review......;);):D
 
GJ02 said:
what ?
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According to the box, it's to switch the DVI ports at the back from single link to dual link DVI :confused:.

Shelster said:
I'd have one.....but have lots of space in my case, so not worried about the triple height cooler.

Helios1234, what exactly do you do with the hardware when you have finished your review......;);):D
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Mostly return them because they are just samples but I did strike gold a few months back with some cards :p. Not this card though..
 
In case anyone was interested in the HD6950 DirectCU II:

http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/asus_hd6950_2gb_directcu_ii_review,1.html

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What a ridiculous looking cooler, much prefer my prolimatech mk-13

out of curiosity how much does it weigh? thinking it might snap a pcie if it took a knock.
 
Rhodri2311 said:
That is a beast of a cooler. Wasted on a 6950 mind (or 70 for that matter). What were ASUS thinking, no way that card needs a triple slot cooler.
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You realise that many peoples 6950's overclocked not even that far run into the 90's under load, and with a 3rd party cooler you can get the temps to drop to the mid 40's/50's and overclock noticeably further?

ALso the stock fan on a 6950 is pretty damn loud at higher fan speeds. Mine pushes high 70's mid80's under load and the fan pushes 40% which is BY FAR the loudest thing in my system, I can't hear the fan at really anything under 30%.

Theres a difference between needs, and allows for literal silence.

For the record my prolimatech took my 5850 from 85C load, at 925Mhz stable, to 45C load at 1050Mhz stable with higher voltage and couldn't hear the two 80mm fans as I had them so low, at 85C load the 5850 was not even close to silent.

6950's can CERTAINLY do with better cooling, they can clock further and you can have a near enough silent system while doing it.

Considering even your average overclockers system will look like that in the picture, as in one card in all the slots, and 99% of enthusiasts don't use xfire/sli, most people could take a stonking 6 slot beast of a cooler, but frankly its unnecessary, 3 slot including REAL fans = superb and incredibly quiet cooling.

Stock 2 slot cooling = loud fan at loud, limited overclocking, quiet at idle, certainly not under load.
 
I have to say, something like the SOC coolers or the Twin Frozrs do a brilliant job without the need of going triple slot although neither will operate below 30% or even 20% fan speed. I wonder how much that SOC card will cost.

I'll trying weighing the HD6950 and report back.

Edit: it seems to weigh roughly the same as a normal card.
 
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Its a bit of a shame AMD don't just release a normal version with a proper cooler for the masses and the vast majority of us, so we get 40C temps, silence, and uber overclocking still silent, then the blower version for xfire users, those with big cases/right mobos can still get the normal version.

But AMD's partners need ways to differentiate themselves, if the stock AMD card was essentially "perfect" where would ASUS/Gigabyte/MSI go, thats really why they add daft crap to their cards you don't need, improved pcb's, military grade components, its just something they can add for $5 and charge you $10 over a normal card, thus improving profit slightly, makes zero difference.

its a shame blowers became standard as they are shockingly bad fans and you really have to go out of your ways these days to have a case thats not quiet with great airflow, heat in the case isn't an issue.
 
The base is what I meant, well it looks like the whole thing is alu. Obviously not as it's called a Direct CU! :o
 
bit to big tbh im with 6970 stock cooler dead quite @ 950/1450 with custom fan profile still didnt see fan going above 38% and temps never went above 75 c thats playing crysis for few hours.

maybe it couse i have good case cooling who knows quite happy with stock cooling.
 
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