Apogee GTZ

[eXa]

Now that gabe is back, maybe we can get a few hints about the new Apogee GTZ?



Edit: forgot picture:

[silverphoenix]

Woah lol looks very decepticonish, i want pix of insides not a GTX that has a different cover.

[eXa]

I think its more than an esthetic change since its theire "new flagship". My guess is a finer diamond pin structure. Like going from vanilla apogee to apogee GT.

[IanY]

About time !

[eXa]

And hey, no alu this time it seemes.

[IanY]

You see how far apart the barbs are ... the hard mount... he's going for top performance.

[systemviper]

i think it's bogus looking....

not my style

[IanY]

i think it's bogus looking....

not my style

Are you serious? You look at a block.. it doesn't look sexy in your eyes... who cares about whether it performs or not, right?

All a water block is for is to look good inside a case, right?

We have no performance figures. We have no idea what's inside the block. Yet, you've already come to the conclusion that you don't like how it looks on the outside, and therefore you will never buy it?

[systemviper]

Are you serious? You look at a block.. it doesn't look sexy in your eyes... who cares about whether it performs or not, right?

All a water block is for is to look good inside a case, right?

We have no performance figures. We have no idea what's inside the block. Yet, you've already come to the conclusion that you don't like how it looks on the outside, and therefore you will never buy it?

How a block performs is paramount, the most important thing say with in a range of +/- 3 degrees
but since most blocks perform very close to the same in the upper class, which are the ones we're talking about, then YES it does come down to looks......


I don't like the black derlin blocks, they look industrial. when i think of sexy i think of blocks like the apogee with the copper top or even better the enzotech sapphire below...



or the new Koolance stuff...







I am also a big fan of clear acrylic, because i like UV liquids.


XSPC-EdgeAcrylic



EK_Supreme



So that is the kind of stuff think i think is sexy


to each his own, but I do like the new mounting hardware on the swiftech block, looks much more solid!

PS, most of the stuff i use is swiftech, the MCW355, the radiators, I use a great Storm Rev2 and also a Apogee GT and GTX, the radbox, the resi's, plus I'm sure i am missing simething...
my main comment was i didn't like the look (except the mounts) I am tired of black Derlin blocks...that is just me...
but I am sure any new products from Swiftech are going to be great additions to the watercooling community...

Regards
Steve

[gabe]

Now that gabe is back, maybe we can get a few hints about the new Apogee GTZ?



Edit: forgot picture:

I will say only this: the Apogee GTZ only have two things in common with the GTX, it's name and it's function. Expect totally new stuff under the hood.

I cannot disclose anything else at this time, other than the fact that the product is really coming very soon. This is no vaporware. We have never done "coming soon" before, but I see that all my competition does, so what the heck..

[Kougar]

I will say only this: the Apogee GTZ only have two things in common with the GTX, it's name and it's function. Expect totally new stuff under the hood.

I cannot disclose anything else at this time, other than the fact that the product is really coming very soon. This is no vaporware. We have never done "coming soon" before, but I see that all my competition does, so what the heck..

Howdy Gabe! That looks distinctly LGA775 only... what about Nehalem/Bloomfield? Launching a 775-only block just a month or so before LGA1366 is officially lanched seems a bit odd?

You will, you will, it's a question of days now, if not hours.

make sure you bow the GT.. we only ship it bowed now. makes a big diff in perfs. can provide o-ring if needed.

Wow, this really carries some weight if the manufacturer recommends & now does this themselves. I guess I'll be inspecting my Apogee GT & CPU heatspreader closely when I do some loop work in a couple days to WC my first GPU. I have some Apogee homework to catch up on...

[jonny_ftm]

OCCT?

andyc

Yes, I can confirm you this for sure, from the author. OCCT is a stability test, not meant to be a heat generator only. If it runs only one iteration, it won't catch system errors effieciently

Back to GTZ:

- the day is getting to its end, still no GTZ
- At Gabe: Will it be even possible to upgrade it to Nehalem? The socket holes spacing are much distant than LGA 775. So it will need not only a backplate, but also a new top

[71 (Bryan)]

Will it be even possible to upgrade it to Nehalem? The socket holes spacing are much distant than LGA 775. So it will need not only a backplate, but also a new top

im pretty sure most block makers will sell a separate hold down plate for nehalem when its launched

[eXa]

Seemes as the spacing is about the same as on the GTX...

[eXa]

Totally new? so no diamond pin structure. Wow, now u got me really interrested! exactely what i was fishing for when i started this thread

[NaeKuh]

omg gabe is back with vengence!



this looks like a low restriction block.

[twwen2]

omg gabe is back with vengence!



this looks like a low restriction block.

Hello boys!

Swiftech is back in a big way . I can't wait for some testing and internal pics!

[dafeeessh]

lol when i read the title i thought it was going to be a modded gtx, but this is way better. Can't wait!

[eXa]

I like low restriction....

[NaeKuh]

I like low restriction....

i prefer accelerators. :T

[eXa]

Hmm... maybe it has a stepped base too?

[Sparky]

At first I thought the thread title was a typo

I wouldn't call anything on restriction, practically impossible to do without seeing the innards. It probably isn't a bad guess on being lower restriction however.

[HotGore]

Must....know...the...insides.....

[Solidsnake666]

I drooled on my desk...

[lowfat]

Damn that thing is sexy!