Which manufacturer is going to be ready with 5850/5870 blocks?

[Tackleberry]

Tackleberry
Thank you! But i have a quation: waterblocks with plexi do less performance?

I do not see the reason nor technical argument.
acrylic and acetal are both plastic. acetal is less prone to cracking and is more durable.
disadvantage is that is not transparent.

nevertheless heat exchange takes place between copper and core (VRM's,...), therefore copper is needed to provide best performance.
lots of discussion about that can be found on this forum.

so acrylic and nickel are very nice combination IMO. just make sure you find nice coolant.

[SimpleTECH]

My EK block seems to perform fairly well.

Just did a test using the Heaven demo under DX11 and my GPU temps never exceed 32C. VDDC temps ranged from 40-43C.

[leo_bsb]

My EK block seems to perform fairly well.

Just did a test using the Heaven demo under DX11 and my GPU temps never exceed 32C. VDDC temps ranged from 40-43C.

Good to hear that.
Until now I'm waiting for the new version of the Koolance block, it has the best looks IMO. Dean told us that the current version has better contact that should leads to better performance.