Water Cooled X800XT-PT

Vagrant Zero said:
So? The 6800Us aren't out yet but Gainward will be releasing a watercooled one later this month. :rolleyes:
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With 1/4" fittings, I wouldn't exactly call the Gainward's water cooling solution a plus.
 
aldamon said:
With 1/4" fittings, I wouldn't exactly call the Gainward's water cooling solution a plus.
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1/2" ID users could say the same thing about you. Innovateks gear is good quality, and can certainly cool better than a standard fan.
 
fallguy said:
1/2" ID users could say the same thing about you. Innovateks gear is good quality, and can certainly cool better than a standard fan.
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1/4" fittings and tubing compromise performance. 3/8" fittings are barely a compromise if you use 1/2" ID tubing. I'm glad Innovatek users will have a stock watercooled video card to buy. It certainly won't appeal to everyone.
 
aldamon said:
1/4" fittings and tubing compromise performance. 3/8" fittings are barely a compromise if you use 1/2" ID tubing. I'm glad Innovatek users will have a stock watercooled video card to buy. It certainly won't appeal to everyone.
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I never said it would appeal to everyone. Even if you use 1/2" ID it wont matter, your fittings are 3/8".

Snubbing your nose at Exos users is pretty childish though.
 
fallguy said:
I never said it would appeal to everyone. Even if you use 1/2" ID it wont matter, your fittings are 3/8".

Snubbing your nose at Exos users is pretty childish though.
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I think you need to look into the effect 1/2" ID tubing has on flowrate regardless of fitting size. Anyway, I never brought up Exos users. I simply don't think Gainward's solution is smart. Maybe if the provided different fitting sizes it would be more appealing to me.
 
aldamon said:
I think you need to look into the effect 1/2" ID tubing has on flowrate regardless of fitting size. Anyway, I never brought up Exos users. I simply don't think Gainward's solution is smart. Maybe if the provided different fitting sizes it would be more appealing to me.
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I did look into it. I even posted about it here, about 2 years go, with many pics and benches. I had a full Swiftech setup, with a 1048 Eheim pump. I used 3/8" ID tubing, and then 1/2" ID tubing. They temps were between 1-2c, which is easily the margine for error. The water still has to go thru the smaller fitting, it didnt matter which size hose I used in my test.

Yes, that was another user, sorry for that.
 
ereshkigal said:
Anyone seen any of these being made that come watercooled yet.
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According to my supplier, I'll have my Sapphire by friday. Since the WB uses the same mounting, I'll post the results then. (IF my supplier isn't BS'ing) :p
 
He wasn't B/Sing after all. I just received my tracking #, so I'll have some H2O results this weekend.
 
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