it might fly awayIf that is the card, why not 2 or 3 fans?
If that is the card, why not 2 or 3 fans?
I think this is the best looking card I've ever seen. Clean lines, no "bits" sticking or hanging out. Nice trim parts.
And the logo lights up to give you a nice case glow.
I think this is the best looking card I've ever seen. Clean lines, no "bits" sticking or hanging out. Nice trim parts.
And the logo lights up to give you a nice case glow.
That looks to be set up for failure...it isn't a blower, so where is the hot air meant to go? And insulating a heatsink like that, when you're not venting the hot air, just seems silly.
Sure, it looks nice...
XFX’s Double Dissipation heatsink and its GHOST thermal technology has come under its fair share of criticism in the past few years for high VRM and core temperatures. However, in this iteration, XFX has addressed these issues with what’s called their “GHOST 2” design which increases airflow towards critical components, upsizes heatpipe size and adds extensive VRM cooling. All of this was accomplished without upping the acoustical footprint over previous generations.
You should click that link. XFX made a 290x with a blower...and they don't say which XFX card that is, unless I missed it. There is this though:
From the review page 1 said:XFX R9 290X Double Dissipation
Let's be frank: depending on how you look at it, you either have to give XFX some credit or some grief for naming its graphics cards "DD edition." Because breasts. That's clearly the imagery the name is meant evoke, and the twin fans on this cooler certainly are large and full. Ample, one might even say. And you know, there's very little that a lonely male gamer likes more than a really large pair of... fans.
Maybe you need to click the link. I obviously did because I posted it.
XFX's Double Dissipation cooler does an average job at keeping the GPU cool while overclocking. However, it was required that we had to take the fans to 100% to get our stable overclock of 1130MHz. Thankfully the fans are quiet, but we do feel these are underpowered and provide less air flow compared to the fans on the ASUS R9 290X DC2 OC DirectCU II cooler. On the flip side, we think the copper heatplate and copper pipes provide a superior heatsink.
Well, then their results fly in the face of the Hardware Canucks review. By 13.5db for the XFX card (in excess of DOUBLE the volume). But hey, ignore the content I posted.
Edit:
HardOCP seems to concur:
I suspect it isn't that the fans are weak; I suspect it's resistance to airflow. A simple test would be removing the shroud and seeing how it does.