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HEXUS Reviews the First Single-Slot Cooled X850 XT

Posted by timothy on from the perfect-for-the-mac-mini dept.

Kez writes "Dual slot coolers first appeared on the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra, helping to give it the affectionate title: 'Leaf Blower'. Since then dual slot cooling has grown more popular, helping to keep the fastest pixel pushers at reasonable temperatures. However, a bit of clever heatpipe engineering can prevent you from losing that extra expansion slot. GeCube's Radeon X850 XT Uniwise is both an excellent performer and a single slot cooling solution. At HEXUS we have a review."

3 comments

  1. Man...I hate those fake ad links... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So much for relevant links:

    techology - Microsoft. Yeah, we know all about that technology.
    new technology - HP. Just like Microsoft's technology, just newer.
    graphics card - Target. An ad for a $80 GeForce FX5200. Bet all of those potential X850 XT buyers are going to get the 5200 instead...
    PCB - PCBxPCB.com. Obvious word inserted for more ad dough...
    PCI - Pinnacle Career Institute. WTF?!? A technology website, and the link for PCI is some low-rent version of DeVry College?
    3D games - Razor3D Gaming. First link that is even close to being relevant.
    monitors - Dell
    image quality - HP (again). If our new technology didn't grab you, don't miss our image quality.
    graphic board - Shopping.com. What do you want to bet the author of the article wrote those 2 particular words just to get an ad link in there?
    my PC's - gotomypc.com. Who buys these words?!?
    Playstation 2 - Discountanimedvd.com. Yeah, that's the first thing I think of when I think of PS2.

    I know y'all need to make a buck somehow, but nobody likes a $2 whore...

    1. Re:Man...I hate those fake ad links... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oh, and BTW, here is a better link - printer version.

      You still get the damn inline ads, but at least you don't have to click through 7 pages.

  2. Watercooling by omeglidan · · Score: 0

    I believe that ATI should have taken the lead here and included this or simular cooler in their reference design for the X800 series. Unlike a muscle car, a gaming rig should be QUIET. When you're dealing with a very expensive $500+ card a great deal of attention should also be put on the cooler. If it ends up costing more, so be it...at this price point they should not be stingy with anything.

    No matter how good this cooler seems to be it will still only be as good as the best air coolers. This card works but still hovers at very high temperatures. I've just purchased this: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?desc ription=14-102-502&depa=1
    with this cooler: http://www.koolance.com/shop/product_info.php?prod ucts_id=175

    Watercooling solves any issues that heat can cause.
    The system also cools an AMD643400+(1MB), 7 250GB Maxtor (7y250P0), Asus Board and has a hose to cool off my lower power HTPC. It's quiet, it is small, it is a very good all around solution that never gets above 102f idle/116f load.