Sapphire HD2900XT heatpipe edition exposed

[PV5150]

We've got a sneak peek at one of the custom heatpipe solutions that Sapphire are supposedly readying for release. Much better than the reference one in my opinion! Care to comment?

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[Ham]

Ham spies two PCI-E connectors on the XT, not good. The XTX gonna need 5?

Be interesting too see how this weighs up against the stock cooler.

9 days till the next supposed release day *twiddles thumbs*

 

[Toxcity]

That is crazy!

How can you have 2 PCI-E power connectors? That fooking crazy!

 

[PV5150]

Ham spies two PCI-E connectors on the XT, not good. The XTX gonna need 5?

Be interesting too see how this weighs up against the stock cooler.

9 days till the next supposed release day *twiddles thumbs*

ROFL, it's a concern for sure. As far as a release date is concerned I've been seeing the 14th May and confirmed price of USD $399. But I guess we'll just have to wait and see

 

[FarFarAway]

XTX is gonna need 1 x 6pin and 1 x 8pin

 

[Doddsy]

Crossfire could be interesting, do you need to squeeze the connector through the heatpipes?

 

[FragTek]

Lookin' good, those are some beefy heatpipes.

 

[llwyd]

I wonder how long it would take to see a return on slapping some solar panels on my roof to run my next gpu off. Failing that, a farm of hamsters in wheels with lots of little tiny dynamos It's a shame that a lot of people are going to have to wait for the prices to drop enough for them to afford a new PSU on top though

 

[Ham]

Im working on a mini nuclear reactor. 3GW ftw.

 

[limqareb]

Im working on a mini nuclear reactor. 3GW ftw.

hmm so thats you in your avatar ?

well lets see how it performs if it cools better

 

[PP Mguire]

When you said heat pipe edition i thought you meant no active cooling.

Just looks like a shrunk down refernce cooler.