Galaxy Unveils First Single-Slot Air-Cooled GeForce GTX 260 Accelerator

btarunr · Sep 28, 2009, 01:50 PM

Constantly innovating new graphics cards designs, Galaxy pushed the limits of engineering by coming up with the first GeForce GTX 260 with a single-slot air cooler. To achieve this, the company designed its own long cooler based on the Vapor Chamber (VC) technology. A VC plate sits on top of the GPU and the aluminum base-plate of the cooler (to cool the memory) On top of the VC plate is a dense copper channel array through which air directed by the blower passes. There is a separate heatsink over the VRM area, which cools off under the air-flow from the main cooler.

The entire set of heatsinks is neatly packed under an aluminum shroud. The card packs standard features of the GeForce GTX 260, including 216 shader processors, 896 MB of GDDR3 memory across a 448-bit memory interface, 3-way SLI support, and support for DirectX 10. Connectivity options include one each of DVI-D, HDMI, and S-Video/composite. It draws power from two 6-pin PCI-E power connectors. Availability and pricing of this card is not known just as yet.

Source: Expreview

afw · Sep 28, 2009, 01:57 PM

single slot makes the 260 look like a 8800/9800 gt card

Sep 28, 2009, 02:02 PM

This looks a lot like the single slot cooler that was on my 1950 Pro. However, anything single slot that works well without sounding like a hair dryer on high is a welcome product. I hate putting in a video card(s) and then trying to figure out how to uncover all of the expansion slots that are now useless.

kid41212003 · Sep 28, 2009, 02:05 PM

This one will be really loud...

Breathless · Sep 28, 2009, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by afw

single slot makes the 260 look like a 8800/9800 gt card

So what?

I think its dead sexy

Agility · Sep 28, 2009, 02:13 PM

I'm singing this song for this card...

You know it's too little too late xD

Fitseries3 · Sep 28, 2009, 02:18 PM

that kicks ass. i totally want one of these.

i love the blue pcb

Sep 28, 2009, 02:22 PM

Fits is on a quest for an all blue setup - could this be the match made in heaven?

[Ion] · Sep 28, 2009, 02:22 PM

Looks awesome, any idea how long it is going to be?

Zubasa · Sep 28, 2009, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Breathless

So what?

I think its dead sexy

Its deadly hot

soldier242 · Sep 28, 2009, 02:41 PM

barebone users rejoice ... man this is cool, i think i'd need one of those for my SN25P

wolf · Sep 28, 2009, 02:42 PM

these look awesome I want 3 for a thin TRi SLi setup

tkpenalty · Sep 28, 2009, 02:50 PM

Galaxy's known to be very innovative with their cooling. I reckon this GTX260+ will run pretty close to the normal GTX260s in terms of temperatures. Talk about a degradation though... its gone from a fully enclosed "premium" product to something that looks like a midrange graphics card.

I WANT

ZoneDymo · Sep 28, 2009, 02:50 PM

All im going to say is, typical Nvidia.

ab_box · Sep 28, 2009, 02:51 PM

Its look like my old Radeon HD4850 . it may be very hot card

robodude666 · Sep 28, 2009, 03:15 PM

Does that say 14200 μm? Pretty damn good caliper!

Binge · Sep 28, 2009, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZoneDymo

All im going to say is, typical Nvidia.

Aren't you happy nV didn't design this? Otherwise you might have had a point

wolf · Sep 28, 2009, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZoneDymo

All im going to say is, typical Nvidia.

I don't get it, Nvidia's design is 2 slots thick, this is NON-typical Nvidia, being as it is a non-(nvidia)-reference pcb.

mdm-adph · Sep 28, 2009, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

I don't get it, Nvidia's design is 2 slots thick, this is NON-typical Nvidia, being as it is a non-(nvidia)-reference pcb.

Unless you're talking about the 8800/9800GT or the 9600GT.

Hell, if it makes a GTX260 cheaper, this is still pretty neat.

AddSub · Sep 28, 2009, 03:56 PM

With these I can finally do tri SLI on my motherboard without getting rid of my Xonar sound card. If they price these right and get them on the market fast enough I might forget about going the 5870/5850 route.

ZoneDymo · Sep 28, 2009, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Binge

Aren't you happy nV didn't design this? Otherwise you might have had a point

Yep true, I was to fast with commenting, Nvidia has nothing to do with it, I thought so with well what Nvidia usually does

cauby · Sep 28, 2009, 05:03 PM

kudos to Galaxy for bringing this card,but i think it's damn ugly

aCid888* · Sep 28, 2009, 05:49 PM

I see the application of the single slot cooler....I just dont see it keeping this card cool enough for even a modest overclocking venture.

Think 8800GT, how bad was the stock cooling on that? Even the revised edition with the bigger opening for the fan wasn't great.

What annoys me the most with this card is the fact the fan blows hot air backwards as opposed to blowing it towards the blanking plates...this will be an issue for smaller cases like I'm sure it was intended to be used in.

Fitseries3 · Sep 28, 2009, 05:53 PM

you gotta think of it from a business standpoint.

only 20% of the market is ppl like you and me that OC stuff.

the other 80% leave cards at stock clocks.

Jizzler · Sep 28, 2009, 06:05 PM

Time for little 6/7 card folding. Be cheaper than triple 295's by a decent margin.

Sep 28, 2009, 01:50 PM	#1
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Sep 28, 2009, 01:57 PM	#2
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LaidLawJones Guest Posts: n/a (0/day)	This looks a lot like the single slot cooler that was on my 1950 Pro. However, anything single slot that works well without sounding like a hair dryer on high is a welcome product. I hate putting in a video card(s) and then trying to figure out how to uncover all of the expansion slots that are now useless.

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Sep 28, 2009, 02:50 PM	#14
ZoneDymo Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 303 (0.19/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 35 Times in 23 Posts	All im going to say is, typical Nvidia.

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Sep 28, 2009, 05:53 PM	#24
Fitseries3 Eleet Hardware Junkie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 14,993 (7.29/day) Thanks: 4,318 Thanked 3,285 Times in 2,186 Posts System Specs	you gotta think of it from a business standpoint. only 20% of the market is ppl like you and me that OC stuff. the other 80% leave cards at stock clocks.