Galaxy Designs Non-reference GTX 480 with Vapor-Chamber Cooling

btarunr · Jun 4, 2010, 08:13 AM

Galaxy displayed a new GeForce GTX 480 graphics card that uses non-reference design PCB and cooling. The unique selling point here is a cooler that Galaxy claims to be superior than the reference, making use of the Vapor-chamber technology for quickly transferring heat off the GPU to the heatsink. It also features a very Gundam-styled cooler shroud the company has been toying with on several of its recent designs. The GeForce GTX 480 packs 480 CUDA cores, and 1536 MB of memory across a 384-bit GDDR5 interface. Clock speeds are not known at this point.

HalfAHertz · Jun 4, 2010, 08:24 AM

Galaxy are on a roll

Tho this one seems even more plastic-y than the last one...

crow1001 · Jun 4, 2010, 08:25 AM

Looks awful, surely all that plastic is a fire hazard...

claylomax · Jun 4, 2010, 08:26 AM

That "Fermi GPU inside" writing on the card is very useful, someone might think there is a Cypress GPU instead.

Kitkat · Jun 4, 2010, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crow1001

Looks awful, surely all that plastic is a fire hazard...

i dont really like there style very much but they seem to be in FULL force at computex.

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · Jun 4, 2010, 08:59 AM

Looks like its using the same fast fan from the reference cooler. Also, I think the reference is better, since the plate seen in the reference is more than just aesthetics, but also helps dissipate heat.. as well as the heatpipes sticking outside.

Mescalamba · Jun 4, 2010, 10:10 AM

Finally, I almost tought that Im only one who thinks that it should be used on Fermi too.

_JP_ · Jun 4, 2010, 10:13 AM

I like this gundam plastic coolers, although they don't give the card any beauty, it reminds me of my old toys.

I don't know of fire hazard crow1001, but I think in a badly cooled case or a SLI solution the most likely thing to happen is the plastic melting. And that would be entertaining to see.

Oh well, keep on going Galaxy!

1nf3rn0x · Jun 4, 2010, 10:18 AM

This would be nice on fermi

aCid888* · Jun 4, 2010, 10:40 AM

This bit kinda looks like Wall-E on crack lol

1nf3rn0x · Jun 4, 2010, 10:49 AM

Agreed!

1nf3rn0x · Jun 4, 2010, 10:50 AM

Jun 4, 2010, 08:13 AM	#1
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Jun 4, 2010, 08:25 AM	#3
crow1001 Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 361 (0.16/day) Thanks: 9 Thanked 29 Times in 20 Posts System Specs	Looks awful, surely all that plastic is a fire hazard...

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Jun 4, 2010, 10:10 AM	#7
Mescalamba Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 196 (0.14/day) Thanks: 4 Thanked 16 Times in 14 Posts	Vapor chamber? Finally, I almost tought that Im only one who thinks that it should be used on Fermi too.

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Jun 4, 2010, 10:18 AM	#9
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Jun 4, 2010, 10:40 AM	#10
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