Tuesday, March 20th 2007

Nvidia's 8950GX2 gets a block

Even before the 8950GX2 card hits the stores, blocks are already starting to appear. The Inquirer managed to snap a few shots of Alphacool's block, ready to cool the beast:

The block covers everything: GPU, RAM, NVIO1 chip, PWM...

The block looks very thin, which brings up concerns over its restriction/performance. Alphacool has produced some highly restrictive blocks in the past.
Source: The Inq
Add your own comment

7 Comments on Nvidia's 8950GX2 gets a block

#1
FAXA
Dreading the power requirements.
Posted on Reply
#2
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
that card is gonna be a beast. I cant wait to see benchies.
Posted on Reply
#3
Atech
FAXADreading the power requirements.
I wouldn't be surprised if Nvidia does another 7950GX2 (in which case I would consider the card to be relative value for money on relative electricity requirements alone).
Posted on Reply
#4
hat
Enthusiast
I speculate something like an 800w power supply required. :/
Posted on Reply
#5
Darksaber
Senior Editor & Case Reviewer
ah come on...my pic has much higher quality - here is a close-up ;)

Posted on Reply
#6
Zubasa
hatI speculate something like an 800w power supply required. :/
nVidia - A direct cause of global warming :shadedshu
Posted on Reply
#7
Zalmann
Ah, another case of the horse coming before the cart. Very interesting though, the heat output must be quite considerable if it needs something this beefy.
Posted on Reply
Apr 26th, 2024 16:13 EDT change timezone

New Forum Posts

Popular Reviews

Controversial News Posts