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NVIDIA's GeForce 7950 GX2 card can get pretty hot |
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Written by Mavke
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Friday, 30 June 2006 |
During our testing of the reference GeForce 7950 GX2 card we discovered that the card can get very hot. It will radiate a lot of power and it makes us wonder how it might work in a closed case with somewhat stifled air flow. Every single card including all Radeon X1800's, X1900's, GeForce 7800's and 7900's series get really hot. And their fans whirl like there's no tomorrow when you play the current game titles. And SLI and CrossFire systems generate double the heat, and so you'd struggle to call them quiet. We like quiet systems but the only way to shut these are up is to use a water cooler. That is the only but rather costly way to do it.
 NVIDIA's GeForce 7950 GX2 card can get pretty hot
High-end cards are warm, no matter whether you use a heatpipe or super coolers but they still work well. The high-end cards will certainly increase the temperature in your case for a few centigrade if not even more, and in cramped cases, you may begin to experience overheating problems. Most cards will run comfrotably within the specification for a least for a year. After that the warranty runs out, and the manufacturers won't give a toss what happens. Except those like BGF who are offering lifetime warranty. Imagine how mangled some of those cards will get.
Thos very same day, we received the news that Club3D plans to introduce a water cooler for the card. We just shouted about it here. The water cooler won't be in the stores tomorrow, it is still a little while away, but it should be ready for late July and early August. The plan is to showcase more than one GeForce 7950 GX card with a water cooler at the upcoming games convention in Leipzig, scheduled for very late August. By that time the cards powered with this cooler should be in the stores, to keep your best cool during the warm summer days. The pricing details are still not available.
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