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THE MAGNIFICENT 7: BIG DISCOUNTS ON GRAPHICS CARDS!!

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Whoever designed that card must have escaped from the local kindergarten.
 
dholdi said:
Was just kidding, will it be visible in your case ?
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It will although with the VR headset on I wont see it. Just what were Gigabyte thinking when they designed this.

Simon D said:
If you notice the small print within the web page of the card.

* Product image for illustration purposes only. Actual product may vary (some difference)

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...dr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-18w-gi.html
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Absolutely agree but think I got too excited with the price and didn't spend enough time bothering to check properly on Gigabyte's site to realise this was a mistake. The thing about the image illustration though is that is fine and I accept that but that doesn't take into account the product title being completely wrong. Giga never made a 1080Ti Turbo OC. Only the 1080 Turbo got the OC treatment. That's quite a mistake listing a card that doesn't exist with photos of 2 cards which dont look anything like this one.
 
ClaggyPants said:
Ok here complete with Haribo.
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And the card inside
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TWO HARIBO?! You must have gotten mine - I’ll send you my address in trust so that we can resolve this easy mistake amicably :D :p

In all seriousness - If my case had a window, I would be bothered - but mine is all closed up and as long as it works like expected, I wouldn’t be too worried. I personally don’t think it looks too bad - certainly not the sexiest I’ve seen though :p

Sasahara said:
It's a blower card, you don't by them for looks. Stick it in and start your gaming or mining. :p

Should make a nice leg/foot warmer too.
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I’ve heard this term a bit in this thread - What is the difference between a “blower” card and a “3 fan card” or whatever the alternative is called.
 
Marky said:
TWO HARIBO?! You must have gotten mine - I’ll send you my address in trust so that we can resolve this easy mistake amicably :D :p

In all seriousness - If my case had a window, I would be bothered - but mine is all closed up and as long as it works like expected, I wouldn’t be too worried. I personally don’t think it looks too bad - certainly not the sexiest I’ve seen though :p



I’ve heard this term a bit in this thread - What is the difference between a “blower” card and a “3 fan card” or whatever the alternative is called.
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Card with the small single fan like this one is a blower. They suck the air in throught the top of the card and then 'blow' the hot air out of the back of the case. And the air coming out the back of the case does get very warm. My 980Ti's blow rather warm air out of the back even when the card is idle.
 
Gibbo said:
AMD RX 580 and 570 vouchers will be active later and own thread posted, RX 580 at £299 inc and a 570 at £229 inc which is a good £100 plus cheaper than anywhere else. :)
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Are you getting anything other than Powercolor 580's? Such as Gigabyte or even Asus...
 
ClaggyPants said:
Card with the small single fan like this one is a blower. They suck the air in throught the top of the card and then 'blow' the hot air out of the back of the case. And the air coming out the back of the case does get very warm. My 980Ti's blow rather warm air out of the back even when the card is idle.
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Is that a positive or a negative? Never heard of the difference honestly.
 
Marky said:
Is that a positive or a negative? Never heard of the difference honestly.
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Blowers are generally considered to not cool the card quite so well, but they are very popular with those with smaller cases as they vent the hot air from the case quickly.
 
Marky said:
Is that a positive or a negative? Never heard of the difference honestly.
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Pros and cons to both styles really. The blowers tend to be cheaper but they are usually noisy as hell under load but as they shoot the warm air out the back of the case they don't heat the rest of the case. The fan style cards recirculate the warm air into the case and leave the case fans to exhaust it. Your case can have a big impact on which is more suitable, you wouldn't really want a big blower running hot inside a tiny ITX case for example whereas the blower gets rid of the heat out the back.
 
Brunnen-G said:
Blowers are generally considered to not cool the card quite so well, but they are very popular with those with smaller cases as they vent the hot air from the case quickly.
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ClaggyPants said:
Pros and cons to both styles really. The blowers tend to be cheaper but they are usually noisy as hell under load but as they shoot the warm air out the back of the case they don't heat the rest of the case. The fan style cards recirculate the warm air into the case and leave the case fans to exhaust it. Your case can have a big impact on which is more suitable, you wouldn't really want a big blower running hot inside a tiny ITX case for example whereas the blower gets rid of the heat out the back.
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Gotcha! Thanks for the clarification guys :)
 
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