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GeForce 7950 GT Launches With Passive Cooling

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hot-to-cold dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NVIDIA's GeForce 7950 GT comes with great performance at an attractive $299/£225 launch price. Incredibly, XFX's pre-overclocked card comes with a passive cooling solution. From the article: 'There is no doubting that NVIDIA's GeForce 7950 GT is faster and cheaper than the GeForce 7900 GT that launched at the same price point earlier in the year. There is a lot to like about the product, and there is even more to like about XFX's implementation. It's generally a match for ATI's Radeon X1900XT 512MB in popular games.'"

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  1. Oh good! by mrchaotica · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can fry eggs on the heatsink without the fan splattering yolk everywhere! : )

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    1. Re:Oh good! by YA_Python_dev · · Score: 5, Informative

      You got modded funny, but the thing is really hot: without an extra fan in the case, the article mentions "temperatures approaching 110 degrees Celcius (sic)" (for people not familiar with degrees Celsius, 100 degrees is the boiling point of water at normal atmospheric pressure).

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    2. Re:Oh good! by straponego · · Score: 4, Funny

      for people not familiar with degrees Celsius
      The word you're searching for is "Americans"...

    3. Re:Oh good! by Zach978 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      anyone who passes middle school chemistry knows 100 C = 212 F...even here in the states

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  2. Cooling can always be made active these days. by Sadko · · Score: 3, Informative

    Cooling can always be made active these days. Just buy something like Zallman Cooler (http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N8 2E16835118117). Installation (which replaces the original cooling) is 10 minutes, and the cards these days are made with standard mounting, and it's usually gets your card down 10-15 degrees. The only drawback is that it makes 1-slot card to be 2-slot wide. Cheers,

  3. cheaper at the same price point? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There is no doubting that NVIDIA's GeForce 7950 GT is faster and cheaper than the GeForce 7900 GT that launched at the same price point earlier in the year.

    say what now?

  4. Re:Video card related question by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    But, beyond the stupid geek factor, what would be the point?

    Derrr, to free up the CPU for software rendering?

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  5. price by MindStalker · · Score: 4, Insightful

    great performance at an attractive $299/£225 launch price

    Wern't we just complaining about the $250 Wii console this morning. And now applauding a $299 graphic card as affordable.

    1. Re:price by Babbster · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't worry. The next time there's a discussion about "the death of PC gaming" there will be a dozen people telling us all about how you can make a PC gaming rig for less than the cost of a PS3. :)

  6. Re:I like the two DVI ports... by karnal · · Score: 3, Informative

    uh..huh.

    Taken from Newegg:

    Package Contents: 2 x DVI to VGA Adapter

    I think they thought of you when they put teh card in teh boxxorz!

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  7. USA USA USA by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 3, Funny
    Of course we have 110C coffee here! We invented pressurized coffee cups just for that purpose!

    We blast super heated coffee right down our throats, it's a real waker-upper in the morning, while driving giant SUV's down the highway and yaking on our cell phones!. Doesn't everyone like it HOT?

    Foreign whimps.

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