Accelero XTREME 4870X2 VGA Cooler Coming In March

[AbelJemka]

ppl who buy aftermarket heatsinks and expensive graphics cards dont care about price, just performance.

Like saying people who buy expensive graphics cards are idiot.
I buy expensive graphics cards and i know that 110€ more for less than 10% better performance it's a joke.

[Smalltimer]

no kidding. this product will undoubtedly sell terribly. the demand for 4870x2's has dropped dramatically. everyone is buying a GTX295, or is waiting for RV790.

Not so, I couldn't live without my FireGL and nVidia is all but out the door with that crap. They had it coming when they took the proff. tweaks out of the picture.

[Chruschef]

Not so, I couldn't live without my FireGL and nVidia is all but out the door with that crap. They had it coming when they took the proff. tweaks out of the picture.

what does that have to do with how well this product will sell?
their problem is that the 4870x2 is almost outdated, with RV790 around the corner.

1. Needs numbers not common sense. 295GTX price/perfomance is awful and it barely edge 4870X2.
2. Waercooled 4870X2 represent like what? 15% people.

1. i don't have any charts to prove the sales of the GTX295 being higher than the 4870x2 since the GTX295's arrival, but i'm very confident it would be.(not overall sales) also, whose going to be buying a brand new HD4870x2 now, with RV790 right around the quarter and undoubtedly another x2 solution. my point is the product is late, they failed to create the product during the peak of demand which is why this is a "bad" product.(not performance, but badly marketed and timed)
2. that 15% of what people?... if of people using aftermarket heatsinks i can assure you there are more aftermarket watercoolers than aftermarket air coolers on a high end card like the 4870x2... there are obviously far more designs for aftermarket watercooling on the 4870x2 than aftermarket aircooling, supply & demand again.

[Smalltimer]

what does that have to do with how well this product will sell?
their problem is that the 4870x2 is almost outdated, with RV790 around the corner.

It was aimed at the nVidia choice exclusively.
I guess I'll never got over what they did to the modding community.

The RV790 should be an interesting upgrade.

[3NZ0]

I'll be snapping up a pair of these. Undoubtedly, a large number of 4870x2 owners will be doing the same.

[mattkosem]

So that's no memory or mofset direct contact? or am I misataken - is there memory contact but no mofset contact?

This sort of thing will heat up the inside of a case - though on a workbench kind of setup I can see it being useful. A bit late though.

It looks like it covers the memory, definitely not the mosfets though. They'll have to provide something for the mosfets, won't they? I'd think they'll have something else in the package, much like the Accelero S1 includes the X1900 vrm cooler.

--Matt

[STEvil]

I want one.

Possibly (likely) that it works with the stock frontplate (or could be made to with a dremel!). Then you can leave the ram/vrm plate in place.

[AbelJemka]

what does that have to do with how well this product will sell?
their problem is that the 4870x2 is almost outdated, with RV790 around the corner.



1. i don't have any charts to prove the sales of the GTX295 being higher than the 4870x2 since the GTX295's arrival, but i'm very confident it would be.(not overall sales) also, whose going to be buying a brand new HD4870x2 now, with RV790 right around the quarter and undoubtedly another x2 solution. my point is the product is late, they failed to create the product during the peak of demand which is why this is a "bad" product.(not performance, but badly marketed and timed)
2. that 15% of what people?... if of people using aftermarket heatsinks i can assure you there are more aftermarket watercoolers than aftermarket air coolers on a high end card like the 4870x2... there are obviously far more designs for aftermarket watercooling on the 4870x2 than aftermarket aircooling, supply & demand again.

1. Yours arguments are very bad and prove nothing. Why the fact that RV790 is around the corner impacted 4870X2 sales but not 295GTX sales?
And what is this "they failed to create the product durint the peak of the demand"? WTF! 4870X2 was at the top alone during like 6 months. You are only convincing yourself with your "badly oriented" argumentation
2. Mystical argumentation again.... In this thread alone how many people are interested by this product? 4870X2 cooler less worse than you than think. Quiet at idle is sufficient for most of us.

[aiya]

If I still had my 4870X2, I would so get one.

Stock cooler is great but only great when you have to turn it up, then it becomes too loud.

[Chruschef]

1. Yours arguments are very bad and prove nothing. Why the fact that RV790 is around the corner impacted 4870X2 sales but not 295GTX sales?
And what is this "they failed to create the product durint the peak of the demand"? WTF! 4870X2 was at the top alone during like 6 months. You are only convincing yourself with your "badly oriented" argumentation
2. Mystical argumentation again.... In this thread alone how many people are interested by this product? 4870X2 cooler less worse than you than think. Quiet at idle is sufficient for most of us.

i completely realize how badly oriented my argument is...

the point is, this product would be far more more successful if they had released it earlier.

[AbelJemka]

Sure yes but Artic Cooling are always late...
280GTX cooler has just been released!

[gOJDO]

Loud = yes
No effective = no

You must be kidding. Do you have an idea about how hot these cards are, especially if you play games like crysis?

1. Needs numbers not common sense. 295GTX price/perfomance is awful and it barely edge 4870X2.
2. Waercooled 4870X2 represent like what? 15% people.

My 4870X2 can barely OC (810/925MHz with the fan set to 65% else it freezes) and is hot like hell. If I increase the voltage the card will start melting.

My GTX 295 runs cooler and quieter even it has the GPUs overvolted to 1.17v and OC-ed to 702/1620/1215.

So if you run at stock the 4870X2 has higher performance/price ATM. But once you OC and push to the limit while maintain stability, the GTX 295 is more worth the money.

Anyway I might try this new Accelero cooler if it's really good like the articles of this thread claim.

[AbelJemka]

The card is hot because the cooler let them get hot. Cranked up cooler speed but it become very loud. So like I say effective but loud.

295GTX is quieter than 4870X2 but as hot in charge.
Framebuffer limit the card is certains games and resolutions. You can overclock the card as far as you want you can't extend memory...

[XS Janus]

All I know is that I'm holding of on buying 285 until I can buy one of these for it.
I have no interest in jet motors in my machine!
A little OT, but still...

[gOJDO]

The card is hot because the cooler let them get hot. Cranked up cooler speed but it become very loud. So like I say effective but loud.

It is hot even when the cooler is rotating at higher speed. It heats up the nearby hardware, so extra cooling is needed. The Accelero Xtreme 4870X2 cooler exists for some reasons.

295GTX is quieter than 4870X2 but as hot in charge.

As I said, it cooler and quieter even when OC-ed. The NB temperature on my P5Q-E was lower with the GTX 295 at idle or at load.

Framebuffer limit the card is certains games and resolutions. You can overclock the card as far as you want you can't extend memory...

What a discovery...That applies to all graphics cards.

[masterg]

you think i could use this on my 4850X2?

[AbelJemka]

Unfortunately i don't think so. 4850X2 design is specific.
I hope i'm wrong

[wreckage]

Im buying one the second it comes out.. org fan @ 31% fanspeed = cant hear it over case fans.. 41% hear a little, still hot.. 51% is a small Jet plane.. and well over that its just a joke

Btw.. anyone know a good OC program for HD4870x2? ATI CCC has a limit on Core on 800 and RivaTuner only OC's 1 core?

[Chruschef]

All I know is that I'm holding of on buying 285 until I can buy one of these for it.
I have no interest in jet motors in my machine!
A little OT, but still...

could get this http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_pa...r_hr03gtx.html

[XS Janus]

^Yeah just saw that yesterday...
Maybe, but I thing Accelero could cool better, we'll see.
Thanks for the link.

[gOJDO]

RivaTuner only OC's 1 core?

Change "Target Adapter" to the other GPU and then go to OC the 2nd one.

[herderien]

what does that have to do with how well this product will sell?
their problem is that the 4870x2 is almost outdated, with RV790 around the corner.

wouldn't it make sense that this cooler would be compatible with 4890x2 ?

PCB should have the same design as it's only a more efficient watt/ghz GPU (kind of) that way the product would live longer isn't it ?

[STEvil]

Change "Target Adapter" to the other GPU and then go to OC the 2nd one.

Vista/Win7 required. Wont work in XP.

[nsegative]

Any news on this? I saw that someone got the gtx280 version in the other thread

[Gambit_2K]

They are listed to be in stock 19/3 in some german shops. But I just checked and nothing.