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msv · 02-16-2007, 02:17 AM

CPU:s are getting cooler now, OK, we´ll see what the quad cores will give us, but I think the graphic cards are the next objekt for watercooling. Just take a look at the immense heat sinks on a new high end graphic card, and still the noise levels can be bothersome, to say the least, when You´re pushing them through latest-and-greatest games.
The replacement GPU-cooler market is increasing everyday, etc. Plus ventilation fans to get the heat from the cards out of the computer case.
I think water cooling still has a place, not on the CPU:s but on high end graphic cards.

regards
Mikael S.

edit: Back in a few mins with power consumptin values to back up my thesis.

back again: http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=3335&s=8
a few graphic cards and their power consumtoins. You can overclock an Intel 2 Core quite a lot before it eats more power than 2 Crossfired X1950 XTX

02-16-2007, 02:17 AM	#4
msv Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 336	Re: Water Cooling Kits vs. Air Cooling CPU:s are getting cooler now, OK, we´ll see what the quad cores will give us, but I think the graphic cards are the next objekt for watercooling. Just take a look at the immense heat sinks on a new high end graphic card, and still the noise levels can be bothersome, to say the least, when You´re pushing them through latest-and-greatest games. The replacement GPU-cooler market is increasing everyday, etc. Plus ventilation fans to get the heat from the cards out of the computer case. I think water cooling still has a place, not on the CPU:s but on high end graphic cards. regards Mikael S. edit: Back in a few mins with power consumptin values to back up my thesis. back again: http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=3335&s=8 a few graphic cards and their power consumtoins. You can overclock an Intel 2 Core quite a lot before it eats more power than 2 Crossfired X1950 XTX __________________ The only constant factor in all Your failures is You. Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnen mihi habis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam. Last edited by msv; 02-16-2007 at 02:40 AM.