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Old May 17, 2010, 11:06 AM   #1
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Galaxy Readies Single-Slot GeForce GTX 470 Graphics Card

Galaxy is working on a single-slot graphics card based on the GF100 in its GeForce GTX 470 version. If that didn't boggle your mind, the fact that it's not another card with a water-block, but a single-piece air-cooled card surely will. Enter the Galaxy GTX 470 model known as "Katana" in Japan and "Razor" in other markets. The PCB appears to be a little over 10 inches long, looks-wise makes use of Galaxy's Blue-silver-copper scheme from its other non-reference GTX 470 GC card.

The single-slot air cooler covers the entire length of the PCB, with a fan that draws air from both sides of the PCB, and has grills that reveal the cooler's internal network of copper air-channels, and a slab of copper that is spread across most of the PCB's area that holds the GPU and memory. The cooler makes use of vapour-chamber technology. The card draws power from 8-pin and 6-pin power connectors. It is 4-way SLI capable. It is expected that the card comes with at least NVIDIA reference clock speeds, all other specifications remain the same: 448 CUDA cores, 1280 MB of GDDR5 memory across 320-bit interface, and connectivity which includes two DVI-D and a mini HDMI. It is expected to deck up Galaxy's Computex booth.



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Old May 17, 2010, 11:13 AM   #2
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Its nice to see a single slot solution....Now the temps need to be revealed for this cooling solution.
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i dont see the point of it being single slot,it will be hotter and louder then the dual slot(of course cheeper too ) but i quess we have do wait for reviews for that thing
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I bet the air behind the card will be omlet friendly..My 5850 air is pretty hot but is suportable and is dual slot.I am thinking how the air for 470 on a single slot... grrrrr
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i dont see the point of it being single slot,it will be hotter and louder then the dual slot(of course cheeper too ) but i quess we have do wait for reviews for that thing
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Galaxy's doing a lot of single-slots recently iirc, a single-slot GTX 260 and GTS 250 as well right?
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i wonder if my friend in india will be able to use this, 45*c during daytime
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I can see these cards being used for a great folding farm. But I read somewhere recently that the GTX 4xx dont seem to work too well with folding, is that true?

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Galaxy's doing a lot of single-slots recently iirc, a single-slot GTX 260 and GTS 250 as well right?
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that looks so cheap i would rather the 2 slot one, mite be one slot but i bet that fan is way loud
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i wonder if my friend in india will be able to use this, 45*c during daytime
Wont work.
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that looks so cheap i would rather the 2 slot one, mite be one slot but i bet that fan is way loud
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It looks like a toy. But i guess its the performance, heat and power consumption that matters more.
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How are they going to dissipate enough heat? It will be a technological marvel if they managed to pull this off, I remember the single slot 4850's being hot demons and this is going to pull more juice than the 4850...
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Only good for micro ATX cases also depends on what motherboard you have, it is useful for those who have so many TV cards, audio cards. controller ecc...
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How are they going to dissipate enough heat? It will be a technological marvel if they managed to pull this off, I remember the single slot 4850's being hot demons and this is going to pull more juice than the 4850...
Twice as much to be rather exact.
4850 used 110 W while 470 uses 220 ?
could prolly be pushed down quite a few watts with undervolting, but still, gonna be noisy, hot, and mediocre performance.

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Hell! i'm running TWO! 5850 Dualslots with a 6 core and a 850 W psu a SSD.
it will be good in PICO ITX since mini-itx can mostly run dualslot.

I dont see the point in the singleslot....
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Although I think that it is a technical impossibility, Thank you Galaxy for being innovative!

Side note: that concept and fan is similar to my old GF9600 and in now way is that cooling enough unless it is not a 470 but a 460 ....!!! hahahaha

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maybe they want you to cook your card ? mite be good in winter as a heater
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It's longer than the dual slots GTX470.
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Of course. While their two-slot custom GTX 470 is shorter than the reference.
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Yeah, as long as 9800GTX/GTX280 but single slot.
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Nice! I love to see them deliver/cater to unique situations.

I wonder what the heatsink looks like. The 260 single slotter had a copper brick on it.
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With a vapor chamber base, taking the place of the DT heatpipes of the normal cooler, and copper fins instead of aluminum, I don't see how this would be that impossible. The biggest issue is going to be getting the fan to push enough air, I bet it is going to be a screamer.
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I'm thinking those that need a single slot solution for a high power graphics processor dont really care about noise.

A better alternative to the stock fan would be to increase/monitor case airflow. Exceptional air flow is a MUST!
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I bet that on full load you can place a cup on it and boil yourself some tea water
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