Colorful Unveils Fanless GeForce GTX 680 Graphics Card - Page 3

trandy1001 · Jun 21, 2012, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquinus

The GPU itself my be passively cooled, but it will overheat without any airflow whatsoever. You will still need a fan somewhere on the case to move away stagnant and already heated air. When I think high-end, I don't think passive cooling.

I've seen a few higher end fanless computers that get "enough" airflow through convection alone.

It's definitely doable, but it takes much more planning and careful choice of components.

eidairaman1 · Jun 22, 2012, 02:35 AM

man all that extra weight...

Athlonite · Jun 25, 2012, 06:07 AM

you should have alsso posted up the shots of their stupidly huge 26 heat pipe monster fugly card aswell

don't know what colorful engineering people were thinking when they designed this beastly brute

pantherx12 · Jun 25, 2012, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by athlonite

you should have alsso posted up the shots of their stupidly huge 26 heat pipe monster fugly card aswell

http://www.ozone3d.net/public/jegx/2...-cooler-04.jpg

http://www.ozone3d.net/public/jegx/2...-cooler-01.jpg

http://www.ozone3d.net/public/jegx/2...-cooler-02.jpg

Don't know what colorful engineering people were thinking when they designed this beastly brute

heatsink all the things!!!!!!

Athlonite · Jun 26, 2012, 05:40 AM

check it out you'd never be able to use this in SLI as 2 heatpipes and an HS block the SLI edge connectors

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Jun 25, 2012, 06:07 AM	#53
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Jun 26, 2012, 05:40 AM	#55
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