knyghtbyte
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Originally posted by: VedantR
Originally posted by: j0v1al
The replacement bracket can be found at www.frozencpu.com. Just search for NV Silencer 5 and it will show up as one of the results. It is $1.99. I ordered one and there seems to be about 10 or so left.
Why did Dell make the bracket two slots? What a pain in the arse.
Because it's dell... so sad... Considering the card only has a 1 slot cooling solution, having a double bracket card is just to annoy you...
the $1.99 is niec but paying $8 in shipping is kind of high not to mention taxes aswell... I hear you can just email arctic cooling.
been a while since i checked this thread..lol
Im not sure about the double slot bit, there is no TV-out on the cards, so its not an Ultra board thru and thru.....im guessing Dell ordered Ultra boards, then had a twin DVi plate made up without TV-out, possibly a power issue, Dells power supplies are conservative in the figure, but usually very well made, try taking one out and lifting it, heavy buggers! However its never wise to tax a power supply too much and i figure Dell assumes people spending this much money will most likely have two HDD, two opticals, etc etc.
Being honest, at the time Dell put these in their puters to begin with Doom3 was happily ruling the gaming roost, and i think Dell was wondering if it might be smart to offer the GTO first, then phase in a Ultra as well....but HL2 suddenly made its announcements to definite release by pre-loading files to steam users and i think Dell decided it might be better to stick with ATi cards at the top range and just keep with GTO in the middle to please more people.
Or maybe im speaking total and utter pooh....lol
anyway, your welcome Yilar, glad to be helpful
i just bought a pci slot system exhaust fan, am hoping it will allow me to rack my GTO up a little higher on a permanent basis....hehe
i cant afford to risk putting an NV5 silence on my card,if i feck it up i cant currently afford to replace it, also being PCI-Express there isnt so much choice available atm.