Quote Originally Posted by madcho View Post
The 5870 is not very very efficient cooling. A bit beautifull but not efficient. It draw 200w, so 230w is not much more, even shorter i don't see any problem.

Maybe it's shorter because power stage is much more efficient, and pcb is 10 layers so no need of more pcb.

If this GPU kick ass, a good $/W and $/fps ratios, why i would cry for a short pcb ? ...
the size of the PCB can tell you about how big the heatsink is. the thermal efficiency is not increasing much for gpus with a given size since they are already using heat pipes and copper fins. if this gpu is just like a 5850 (150W draw in games, and the same size) we can be pretty sure its going to be about the same noise. then look at the 5870, a little bigger, and draws 221W peak (still has only 6+6 pin) and is much louder.

so if this new card is smaller than a 5870, but draws more than a 5870, then it will be loud as hell. and when i refer to the PCB, i dont care about layers, i care about length.