Thursday, April 14th 2011
PowerColor HD 6850 SCS3 Silent Graphics Card Final Iteration Pictured
Perhaps the fastest silent graphics card in the making, PowerColor's new HD 6850 SCS3 finally taken shape, and will launch soon. The card was spotted first in November 2010, but has since undergone many little changes, particularly with its PCB and components. The card is designed to draw power from one 6-pin power connector, and run the GPU at reference speeds, while relying entirely on a massive heatsink to cool it. The heatsink uses five copper heat pipes to draw heat directly from the GPU, and through the large aluminum fin array. The HD 6850 features 960 stream processors, and 1 GB of GDDR5 memory over a 256-bit wide memory interface.
Source:
VR-Zone
31 Comments on PowerColor HD 6850 SCS3 Silent Graphics Card Final Iteration Pictured
Any unnecessary parts will only serve to hinder airflow.
:D
Because when you zap-strap on a $5 fan you end up with insanely great cooling.
That way, end-users can add a quiet/silent fan if they wanted to.
Edit: Zip-ties are okay, but they are prone transmit vibration. A bit of silicone/rubber between the heatsink and the fan would be okay though.
order
strap a 120 Noctua N-P14 flx to the heatsink with zippy ties
overclock and unlock
profit ?????
This + silent sidepanel fan ( 20cm for example) would be an epic combo.
2 of these in crossfire= pure win.