HD6xxx Fullcover block

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Manicdan: i'm guessing that even with most widely relative share-wise liquid cooled gpus it's at least 100 common air cooled cards for 1 liquid cooled. And probably it's way too optimistic for even most liquid cooled cards. So i doubt in reality of statement that some of PCBs are somewhat intentionally LC optimised. If some PCB is easier to design blocks for .. it has happened by chance not intention. This hobby is almost unnoticeably narrow niche in big picture of PC market. For each Ferrari how many Toyotas get sold?

[Manicdan]

Manicdan: i'm guessing that even with most widely relative share-wise liquid cooled gpus it's at least 100 common air cooled cards for 1 liquid cooled. And probably it's way too optimistic for even most liquid cooled cards. So i doubt in reality of statement that some of PCBs are somewhat intentionally LC optimised. If some PCB is easier to design blocks for .. it has happened by chance not intention. This hobby is almost unnoticeably narrow niche in big picture of PC market. For each Ferrari how many Toyotas get sold?

well the idea of moving the fets to the front of the card so they get the last of the air, instead of the first, is a great move for exhaust based air cooling. and sofar the caymen pictures look to be using the old style of having them in the back. maybe so they are directly compatible with older heatsinks, or because thats where the power comes in and its more effecient, or because they dont expect to use exhaust only cooling for alot of aftermarket stuff (air or water) and so it dosnt need to be up front

i found it odd how quickly they jumped from a good idea back to the classic idea and how it impacts the WC blocks.