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Any one got there 7970 underwater yet ?
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Soldato
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I doubt there are any water cooling blocks out for it yet!
It's too early in it's lifespan yet!
It's too early in it's lifespan yet!
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Ok... my bad!
What he said! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
What he said! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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They're both reference.
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the blocks still aren't out!
So you're right
ha lol
Blocks due in on the 18th of this month I believe to OCuk.
Had mine on pre-order since early this week so will post up pics as soon as I get it
- System is all prepped n ready :>
I'm not one for super duper overclocking though (prefer the noise reduction side of things tbh)- but you might want to look here:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?278006-First-glimpse-at-the-EK-FC7970
EK tester says they scale even better under water
btw - looks like Koolance have got their blocks due out soon too!:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...ull-Coverage-Block-for-AMD-ATI-Radeon-HD-7970
Had mine on pre-order since early this week so will post up pics as soon as I get it
- System is all prepped n ready :>I'm not one for super duper overclocking though (prefer the noise reduction side of things tbh)- but you might want to look here:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?278006-First-glimpse-at-the-EK-FC7970
EK tester says they scale even better under water
btw - looks like Koolance have got their blocks due out soon too!:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...ull-Coverage-Block-for-AMD-ATI-Radeon-HD-7970
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£80 seems an awful lot of money to spend on a block everytime a new video card comes out. Don't you guys try and mod old ones to fit or is it just not worth it?
Around £140 to £160 for an sli/crossfire setup
One the reasons why i gave up watercooling...
You can have £40 blocks which are universal and you can use them on pretty much any card.
But full cover looks better, and when spending so much on graphics cards, why skimp on looks?!
+1 i agree, if youve spent £500 on a graphics card, the difference between £40 and £80 is minimal
In this case even the "generic" VGA blocks need an adapter to work with this card. Other problem with generic solutions is that you then have to cool the memory with heatsinks so are still relying on air at some point.
Better off to just get a full cover block tbh. Don't change me graphics cards as often I used to so should last me a while
Better off to just get a full cover block tbh. Don't change me graphics cards as often I used to so should last me a while
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In this case even the "generic" VGA blocks need an adapter to work with this card. Other problem with generic solutions is that you then have to cool the memory with heatsinks so are still relying on air at some point.
Better off to just get a full cover block tbh. Don't change me graphics cards as often I used to so should last me a while
Since when does watercooling not "rely on air at some point".
Memory barely gets hot and barely needs cooling, that is a non issue, VRM's can depend, old type vrm's that are fairly inefficient and generate a lot of heat need serious cooling(5870) and the better digi ones or the newer more efficient ones tend to run a LOT cooler. Either way a very low speed fan that you can't hear is more than enough to deal with memory/vrm cooling.
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was wondering that lol
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In this case even the "generic" VGA blocks need an adapter to work with this card. Other problem with generic solutions is that you then have to cool the memory with heatsinks so are still relying on air at some point.
Better off to just get a full cover block tbh. Don't change me graphics cards as often I used to so should last me a while
How come they need an adapter? Surely the core is'nt as big as a GTX 480? AMD usually use the 72mm diagonal spacing on their cards so quite a few modern core only blocks should fit out of the box, especially if they fit the 480.
Using ramsinks for the memory is no big problem. They cost as little as £4 for a set and you can re-use them. Personally i will never buy a full cover block.
+1 - Yea, Do we even have a non-reference card? I've only seen reference with modified cooling solutions
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No non reference 7970's yet, if there isn't a reference 7950 card though, watercooling 7950's it's really only just occured to me, could be a god damned nightmare.
If they are all different we could see a situation where companies who make gpu blocks/full cover blocks pick and choose the best cards to support, and that could be say an MSI lightning and a "super duper mega stupid name overclocked" card from someone else. IE lets say a 7950 is available in a couple months after some price drops by nvidia/amd, at maybe just under £300, but the only cards you can get a waterblock to work with are the daft, pay for the preoverclock, £350-380 versions.
We'll have to see, AMD could well have done a reference 7950 card and companies could still use it but have the option to release their own version from the start.
Non full cover blocks need an "adaptor" but really its just a shim, looks like the support bracing that surrounds the core is just a hair higher than the core itself so a flat waterblock won't actually touch the core, you need paste, shim, paste, block to touch it.
It's most likely that 28nm aren't more fragile than older cores, but due to increasing heat output in the same die area they need a higher pressure mount to maintain good cooling with a reference cooler..... hence the support around the core to prevent higher pressure mounting going bad.
If they are all different we could see a situation where companies who make gpu blocks/full cover blocks pick and choose the best cards to support, and that could be say an MSI lightning and a "super duper mega stupid name overclocked" card from someone else. IE lets say a 7950 is available in a couple months after some price drops by nvidia/amd, at maybe just under £300, but the only cards you can get a waterblock to work with are the daft, pay for the preoverclock, £350-380 versions.
We'll have to see, AMD could well have done a reference 7950 card and companies could still use it but have the option to release their own version from the start.
Non full cover blocks need an "adaptor" but really its just a shim, looks like the support bracing that surrounds the core is just a hair higher than the core itself so a flat waterblock won't actually touch the core, you need paste, shim, paste, block to touch it.
It's most likely that 28nm aren't more fragile than older cores, but due to increasing heat output in the same die area they need a higher pressure mount to maintain good cooling with a reference cooler..... hence the support around the core to prevent higher pressure mounting going bad.