Mostly badassery, and one might even get slightly better temps. Plus, there is no risk of voiding the warranty, because you don't have to remove the stock cooler.
Poseidon whats the point?
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Mostly badassery, and one might even get slightly better temps. Plus, there is no risk of voiding the warranty, because you don't have to remove the stock cooler.
To the first, exactly, other than that nothing because actually the performance is less than a proper air cooler (on air only) and less than a full cover with water.
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Wraith
Bettyswollocks
Why would it be any noisier? While under water you could always turn the fans down.
Really? Where did you get that information from. Just wondering, you may be right on this one.
CreatiXx
Member
i think its a very nice try to show the world that its actually possible to make a decent hybrid cooled GPU even though it might cost a lil bit more,it does have a few pretty nice possitive sides. I think the price of it might go down once more people will start to like and use it and when more brands will start to produce it. This is what i think ^^
SparkleDJackson
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i think the card looks ace till the thread points appear and it ruins a perfectly nice looking card. imo it should be one or the other, if you dont have the nerve to strip a gpu and fit a wb maybe you should stay away from gpu cooling altogether and get one with a nice aftermarket blower
Logic. The air cooler should perform worse because there is more distance for the heatpipes to transfer heat, basically the heat has to go further than if there is no waterblock. And the waterblock will take some space you could have had for fins.
The waterblock will probably perform worse thermally than a full cover because it is not as well optimized for water cooling, and you still get the fan noise (ofc you can turn them down.)
It is a cool innovation, but at the moment it doesn't seem like a very useful one.
Boonstick
New member
+1
Yep, I don't really see the point in this card also. It's a really cool idea but it just seems to do an average job in both the air and water cooling departments. If it was a lot cheaper than a reference card + custom full water block it would make slightly more sense and the fact that you can't fully turn the fans off was the nail in the coffin. Half the reason that I watercooled my pc recently was to make it a silent as possible.
For me, it is a bit of a shame that this hasn't work but it's still a good idea and it will be interesting where this goes...
So i think its pretty clear the point of a hybrid card (or atleast the perceived one) is if you plan on water cooling but cant at the time of building but are afraid to open the card and put a block on your self?
also for those who are dont want to put a block on your self i found http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-230-EA for £20/30 more you get a full water block
on a hyperthetical whats the point? .... in theory a hybrid water/air cooler should allow you to reduce the size of rads needed to cool the system no?
so maybe a hybrid cooled system would actually be more viable in a smaller form unit?
also for those who are dont want to put a block on your self i found http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-230-EA for £20/30 more you get a full water block
on a hyperthetical whats the point? .... in theory a hybrid water/air cooler should allow you to reduce the size of rads needed to cool the system no?
so maybe a hybrid cooled system would actually be more viable in a smaller form unit?
Boonstick
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Well, going by TTL's recent review of the Corsair 250D, you wouldn't be able to install this into this case because of the water inlet/outlet would fail the roof of the case.
Hey, I opened my 1500 USD laptop the week it arrived, voiding the warranty
The end of the month i opened it again to put better thermal paste on it.Still running strong 2 years later.
I would not hesitate to get a GPU waterblock if I was watercooling a desktop rig (if I had the money to do it) the performance benefits are just too good.
As far as running it with less radiator space, judging by the people running the krakens on GPUs, I think you could get away with a single 120/140mm rad as long as it was 45+mm thick per GPU.
Hey, I opened my 1500 USD laptop the week it arrived, voiding the warranty
Still running strong 2 years later.
I would not hesitate to get a GPU waterblock if I was watercooling a desktop rig (if I had the money to do it) the performance benefits are just too good.
As far as running it with less radiator space, judging by the people running the krakens on GPUs, I think you could get away with a single 120/140mm rad as long as it was 45+mm thick per GPU.
pretty sure you wouldnt be who the card was aimed at then im also the same when i built my old rig i put a water block on the gpu.I agree about the kraken tho i think ocuk have a 780 with a kraken and rad for £535 or there abouts so add a 120/140 rad onto the poseidon and tubeing and pump and your already out of pocket.
GoogalyMoogaly
New member
I have. I returneda GTX 670 that was artifacting and stuff. I was a bit worried because it wasn't always obvious. They replaced it with a new one in no time. Very impressed.
It'd be nice if you didn't have to send it back to Germany/Netherlands all the time though (I forget which is EVGA and which is Corsair, both were great).
I'd be tempted to get a lot more from EVGA, if they made much else worth getting...
As I see it this has all the bulk of air cooling, which is one of the things I like getting rid of when watercooling. Also, surely a full block cools VRMs better? Surely a full block is quieter too?
If you're planning to start with air cooling and then go water cooling later, buy the block later...
If you're planning on doing one week air, then one week water, then one week air, then one week water... for the life of the card, this might well be what you're after!
Or you could get an EVGA Superclocked or Classified and buy a waterblock and fit that. Yeah, it might be more expensive, but I don't really think a £500 GTX 780 is for the people looking for a good bang-for-buck card...
SuB
The Webmaster
I sent them back a 580gtx HC2 3GB that was melting itself after a few years of use, got a new/refurb one back good as new
I believe something inside the card had failed but they were pretty good about it. They advised me to take it apart and check the paste, but I didn't. Sent it to Germany and got a replacement back inside of a week.Those cards did come with a 10 year warranty though.
barnsley
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I sent them back a 580gtx HC2 3GB that was melting itself after a few years of use, got a new/refurb one back good as new
Those cards did come with a 10 year warranty though.
Ah few, because of previous experiences with them ( 4 450s and a 650ti have all had issues) I've always tried to avoid using them but I'm currently in the process of sourcing parts for a custom loop build on behalf of someone and they seem to be the only ones who offer decent price and a warranty for cards set up for loops (the powercooler 290x is a joke in terms of cost imo).
I agree about the kraken tho i think ocuk have a 780 with a kraken and rad for £535 or there abouts so add a 120/140 rad onto the poseidon and tubeing and pump and your already out of pocket.
Haha, true.
But that really adds to the point... Most people running a full loop will either have the experience of adding a full cover block to a card, or are willing to do so if they have not done it before. I'd be more worried about my loop leaking on the GPU than the GPU being damaged from adding a waterblock.
Boonstick
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Very true. I've just finished my first custom loop and adding the full waterblock to my GPU was the least of my worries...
