I like how they are making the bases of the rv770pro and rv730 coolers' all copper now, that should make a nice difference. Only big complaint I have is wide did they got back to the r600 style cooler from the rv670? They should have left the bottom of the fan open imo, that would have allowed for better cooling of the power supply and also more air could be taken in with less noise. At least they decided to put some heatpipes on the rv770/r700 coolers, I think that was a mistake not to with the 3870 and 3870x2 even if they didn't need it, that could have brought complete silence and better cooling.

I like the concept of the blower they're continuing with the r700, reminds me of the original monster 2900xtx cooler (which I think it was a shame that it never was released, even if the performance difference wasn't much they still should have released it for the uber cooler it had). That thing had something like 4 heatpipes with a blower at the end, I would gladly deal with the length anytime for amazing cooling performance.

Anyone got any idea why the sides are left open at the end of the coolers (for the 4870 and 4870x2)?