Superior ATI cooling.

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Take a look at this photo of an ATI X800XT & Geforce 6800GT (first two on
the left):
http://www.lostcircuits.com/video/sapphire_x800xt/2.jpg

It shows why the reference ATI cooler is better than the reference NVidia
cooler. The fan is much bigger on the ATI design allowing it to spin
slower for the same amount of airflow as the NVidia design. The ATI design
might even be acceptable for most quiet PC enthusiasts.

 

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On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 16:17:51 +0000, tq96 wrote:

> The fan is much bigger on the ATI design allowing it to spin
> slower for the same amount of airflow as the NVidia design. The ATI
> design might even be acceptable for most quiet PC enthusiasts.

Maybe it needs to spin faster.

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"tq96" <tq96@tq96.tq96> wrote in message
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> Take a look at this photo of an ATI X800XT & Geforce 6800GT (first two on
> the left):

Inferior poster intellect.

 

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Keep in mind ATi actually sells its own cards, so the lion's share of
X800XTs use the stock cooler. On the nVidia side, it's easy enough to
purchase a card from, say, LeadTek and not have this problem. Blame it on
the board manufacturers for being lazy and using a stock design...

It's possible to overclock the 6800GT significantly using the stock cooler.
Not so with the X800XT...

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"tq96" <tq96@tq96.tq96> wrote in message
news:Xns959972ED6BD9Atq96@127.0.0.1...
> Take a look at this photo of an ATI X800XT & Geforce 6800GT (first two on
> the left):
> http://www.lostcircuits.com/video/sapphire_x800xt/2.jpg
>
> It shows why the reference ATI cooler is better than the reference NVidia
> cooler. The fan is much bigger on the ATI design allowing it to spin
> slower for the same amount of airflow as the NVidia design. The ATI
design
> might even be acceptable for most quiet PC enthusiasts.

 

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"First of One" <daxinfx@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Keep in mind ATi actually sells its own cards, so the lion's share of
> X800XTs use the stock cooler. On the nVidia side, it's easy enough to
> purchase a card from, say, LeadTek and not have this problem. Blame it on
> the board manufacturers for being lazy and using a stock design...
>
> It's possible to overclock the 6800GT significantly using the stock
> cooler.
> Not so with the X800XT...

On the other hand, the 6800GT isn't running at 500MHz stock speed, is it!

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