mine doesn't need Watercooling does it !
no, AMD could make an air cooler that works, there's no need for that Water radiator
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AMD to launch 300W GPU with High-Bandwidth-Memory
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mine doesn't need Watercooling does it !
no, AMD could make an air cooler that works, there's no need for that Water radiator
Yea, LTGs are good with all the phases and stuff. Too bad MSI doesnt just give their bioses and MSIAB version to everyone who has bought the card
. So its basically a beefed up card that has been crippled to no better than ref models, only the cooler is better, unless you have access to said bios and AB...
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Get in touch with Matt, because you're needed at AMD!! You know how to make an air cooler that can cool over 500w without dumping into the case, keeping noise down and be aesthetically pleasing.
Damn, son.
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Seems to me like AMD desperately need to go to 16nm
Everyone needs to shrink, I think the fact the hot topic on Maxwell thus far has been about power consumption rather then outright performance tells us 28nm is dead, dead boring.
28nm on gpus is now 3 years old...time for it to die a peaceful death and for amd and nvidia to progress.
the Devil 13 came close but was far too noisy, the more i think about it the harder it is to achieve.
but how about using a ``full`` Water block on the next dual card and attaching this to a similar Rad, because what looks wrong is a normal cooler cover with pipes dangling out the side.... the problem with this is the water block will be expensive.
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Stuff harmonisation
Haha, old school. Like it
They should bring red, yellow, blue back!
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Yeah a die shrink is long overdue. I wander what the profit margin is on 28nm at this point..
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I get all this talk of TDP and how even if you cool the card the heat still goes somewhere but then I remember my 470 and how hot it got and then I stuck a ghelid Icy Vision on it and it knocked 20+ degrees off it and all that heat seemed gone or was it, jesus! Anyhow doesn't look like a 4K killer card is coming anytime soon, not while on 28nm. 
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I get all this talk of TDP and how even if you cool the card the heat still goes somewhere but then I remember my 470 and how hot it got and then I stuck a ghelid Icy Vision on it and it knocked 20+ degrees off it and all that heat seemed gone or was it, jesus! Anyhow doesn't look like a 4K killer card is coming anytime soon, not while on 28nm.
4K killer card is years away, prob 2017 for a good 4K single GPU.
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How many people really care about 4K though? We know AMD will be aiming for it but really what percent of the pop are really going to buy a 4K monitor.
I still can't understand the point in 4K TV's when there is nothing to watch on them. (separate grievence)
I still can't understand the point in 4K TV's when there is nothing to watch on them. (separate grievence)
I imagine most gamers are at least interested in 4k because of the image quality. However most people can't afford to throw money at it when the technology isn't quite there to power it.
You know what i would absolutely LOVE to see ??
390/390x with cooling solution like Asus Poseidon so you got air but with 2 barbs you can go water.
Or at lest ill wait for asus to sell 390x with one of those AWESOME solutions.
1. 100 pounds on water block saved. Once i went water on card cant cope with atr
2. Warranty is not any issue due to no need of cooler removal
3. Looks awesome in by red/black rig
I think that is what amd should look in to.
390/390x with cooling solution like Asus Poseidon so you got air but with 2 barbs you can go water.
Or at lest ill wait for asus to sell 390x with one of those AWESOME solutions.
1. 100 pounds on water block saved. Once i went water on card cant cope with atr
2. Warranty is not any issue due to no need of cooler removal
3. Looks awesome in by red/black rig
I think that is what amd should look in to.
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But that would add great cost and be of no use to 99% of the users.
Really? See the average and peak numbers http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_780_Ti_Gaming/22.html those are present the usual gaming, and peak periods: 229 vs 236W and 269W 271W. The only use where it is a lot more, is at video play, where it uses a stupidly high clock which is not needed.
Here's another link http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_geforce_gtx_780_ti_matrix_review,7.html 262 vs 286W
...and another http://www.anandtech.com/show/7492/the-geforce-gtx-780-ti-review/15 372W vs 375W
In reality the 780ti used only 15-30W less than the 290X, and was only 10C cooler, but just when compared ref to ref (with the crappy amd cooler). The custom cards ran about the same temps. So the amazing and mighty 780Ti was just a tiny-tiny tad better than the hot and power hungry and monstrous 290X.
Custom cards:
780Ti gaming review: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_780_Ti_Gaming/1.html 230-278W consumption, 30-78C temp
290X gaming review: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/R9_290X_Gaming/1.html 231-263W consumption, 40-79C temp.
So with all respect, i don't think you know better than 95% of the review sites.