That looks like a pretty nicely thought out cooler.(fins along the axis of the card, low profile tubes easy for multiple cards)
The reference cooler is fine but at anything over 50% fan speed it can be a bit loud.
The heat tubes dont look like they are pinched closed like the awful Sapphire coolers were.
Too bad this didnt come out sooner
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Originally Posted by Animalpak
exagerated that card dont need 2 fan.
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technically you are right, the original card with 1 fan OCs a LOT and while it dosent run as cool as I like it is 1000X cooler than the 4870(which radiates off a bunch of heat).
However its nice to see coolers begin to improve over the standard reference ones. The Sapphire Vapor X is also a better cooler(it would be nice to see a comparison of the 3 cards, Ref, Vapor X and MSI coolers)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102868
And there are a few of us that dont mind paying a bit more as long as we get more for our dollar..