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I can't speak for the guys at HC, but at least in our results we found that it was much quieter. Which is what we'd expect for an open air cooler versus a blower.FYI hardware canucks has an article on XFX's lineup. looks like the 'black edition' cards on newegg are the cream of the crop (for the time being) and are the "HD 7970 Black Edition Double Dissipation (DD)"
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/news/video/xfx-shows-off-their-hd-7970-lineup/
edit: hmmm maybe not such a hot item. noisier and hotter. http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphi...-7970-3GB-Black-Edition-and-CrossFire-Results
I can't speak for the guys at HC, but at least in our results we found that it was much quieter. Which is what we'd expect for an open air cooler versus a blower.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5314/...double-dissipation-the-first-semicustom-7970/
There isn't a discrepency; every 7970 is a "2 oz copper" card. All of these claims of 2 oz copper, solid caps, ferrite cores, etc are in comparison to budget, low-end video cards. High-end cards always feature these higher-end components as they're necessary for the kind of temperatures and wattage high-end cards push.I looked on their US website but they were OOS. U.S. and Canadian orders must ship from different warehouses or something.
Reading through your article I don't see any mention of the upgraded PCB. From the specs given out by XFX, they say the BDD edition has a 2 oz. copper PCB and solid caps. Not sure about the discrepancy here??
There isn't a discrepency; every 7970 is a "2 oz copper" card. All of these claims of 2 oz copper, solid caps, ferrite cores, etc are in comparison to budget, low-end video cards. High-end cards always feature these higher-end components as they're necessary for the kind of temperatures and wattage high-end cards push.
God I hate the ebay vultures... Someone has them listed for 700ea and states that they are from newegg and he will have them tomorrow...
I really want to hold out for an aftermarket card with a beefier VRM. I was so tempted to get in on this before they sold out. The beefy VRM on the msi lightning GTX 580 for instance makes a world of difference for overclocking compared to the reference 580.
Also, ugh @ the ebay vultures
Isn't Metro 2033 insanely poorly optimized anyway? If so, I wouldn't spend money just to get max settings in there ^_^
That said, I'm on a single 5850 here, so I probably wouldn't be able to run it at all... the upgrade will come soon! I'm waiting for custom cards, though :whiste:
Isn't Metro 2033 insanely poorly optimized anyway? If so, I wouldn't spend money just to get max settings in there ^_^
That said, I'm on a single 5850 here, so I probably wouldn't be able to run it at all... the upgrade will come soon! I'm waiting for custom cards, though :whiste:
Damn, looks like AMZN saw how fast the cards sold out at Newegg and then price-gouged.
It took them 5 hours to sell out at Newegg which isn't that impressive at all. When the 480's were released they would sell out in 5 minutes.
Yeah when I first looked they were all in stock. I was just curious but it was kinda neat I had my choice of the lot.
I don't see these being high sellers. The first run was slow. I even came back a couple hours later and still a good selection was available.
Yeah when I first looked they were all in stock. I was just curious but it was kinda neat I had my choice of the lot.
I don't see these being high sellers. The first run was slow. I even came back a couple hours later and still a good selection was available.
It took them 5 hours to sell out at Newegg which isn't that impressive at all. When the 480's were released they would sell out in 5 minutes.
Yeah when I first looked they were all in stock. I was just curious but it was kinda neat I had my choice of the lot.
I don't see these being high sellers. The first run was slow. I even came back a couple hours later and still a good selection was available.
Dude, really? GTX 480 had major yield issues. Just Google "GTX 480 yields."