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580 GTX Price is up....

simulatorman said:
Christ the fanboy trolls are at it in here as well. There is nothing like have an intelligent discussion. ;)
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Lol :p, I know :rolleyes:

I haven't bothered posting at all in these forums due to the extreme fanboy comments :(

No point, you say one thing about ATI or nvidia being better at something, the entire red and green army come in and start baffling on about "oh, but this card got a better score in this benchmark by......, oh but this here proves that tessellation is better on nvidia cards and these certain games perform better using this GPU.....blah blah" etc.

Does it really matter whether it's by nvidia or ATI, seriously, as long as you buy a card that will do as you require whether it be able to play games in max settings above 40FPS on a 1920x1080 monitor or if it's for eyefinity or for 3D or if you want to have your extra graphic thing like physx, although obviously if you want physx or to use 3D etc. then you have to buy a certain brand of card.

I could post more and go into more detail, but I cba to do so now :p
 
Nexus18 said:
Lol :p, I know :rolleyes:

I haven't bothered posting at all in these forums due to the extreme fanboy comments :(

No point, you say one thing about ATI or nvidia being better at something, the entire red and green army come in and start baffling on about "oh, but this card got a better score in this benchmark by......, oh but this here proves that tessellation is better on nvidia cards and these certain games perform better using this GPU.....blah blah" etc.

Does it really matter whether it's by nvidia or ATI, seriously, as long as you buy a card that will do as you require whether it be able to play games in max settings above 40FPS on a 1920x1080 monitor or if it's for eyefinity or for 3D or if you want to have your extra graphic thing like physx, although obviously if you want physx or to use 3D etc. then you have to buy a certain brand of card.
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Stop talking sense :)
 
Flanno said:
I wonder will this vapor chamber cooling they have incorporated have a negative effect in cases like the FT02 and Raven ?
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interesting thought, do they require any assistance from gravity, or the thermal effects of gasses being lighter than liquids they rise.

that doesn't sound right but i think you all get the point Flanno was making
 
Flanno said:
I wonder will this vapor chamber cooling they have incorporated have a negative effect in cases like the FT02 and Raven ?
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It's certainly possible... With heat-pipes the internal pressure is sufficiently high that gravitational direction doesn't have a big impact, but until we learn more about how the new vapour chamber works then we won't really know. I imagine a couple of reviews will investigate this, just like they did for heat-pipes when they first emerged onto the scene.

I have to say, I do like the concept of the vapour-chamber cooler - it should (in theory) be a very efficient means of cooling... I've wondered for a good few years if this kind of cooler design was feasible.
 
Duff-Man said:
It's certainly possible... With heat-pipes the internal pressure is sufficiently high that gravitational direction doesn't have a big impact, but until we learn more about how the new vapour chamber works then we won't really know. I imagine a couple of reviews will investigate this, just like they did for heat-pipes when they first emerged onto the scene.

I have to say, I do like the concept of the vapour-chamber cooler - it should (in theory) be a very efficient means of cooling... I've wondered for a good few years if this kind of cooler design was feasible.
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The reason I brought it up is their is a fair bit of hype on Bitech and from Hardocp about how good the Raven RV02 and Fortress FT02 are at taming the GTX 480 especially with the new 180mm penetrators. Because of the way the cooling is setup the Fermi's fans don't spin as loud. However I have seen a few users with 5970's complain about these cases, and how the heatpipes seem to get hot in the wrong places causing hot air pockets to build up around the northbridge. Doesn't the 5970 use vapour chamber cooling ?
 
Flanno said:
The reason I brought it up is their is a fair bit of hype on Bitech and from Hardocp about how good the Raven RV02 and Fortress FT02 are at taming the GTX 480 especially with the new 180mm penetrators. Because of the way the cooling is setup the Fermi's fans don't spin as loud. However I have seen a few users with 5970's complain about these cases, and how the heatpipes seem to get hot in the wrong places causing hot air pockets to build up around the northbridge. Doesn't the 5970 use vapour chamber cooling ?
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It does.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2009/11/28/taking-apart-the-ati-radeon-hd-5970/2
 
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