AMD Cayman info (or rumor)

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Where is your proof? AMD seems to think otherwise

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1462/1/



edit: Here's a picture of the 2900 XT cooler

thanks Safan ....

anyway they use it since a long time, but they just no more advertise about it ( note the 580 vapor chamber is a bit different )

I thought the technology of vapor chambers were only used in the vapor x series from Sapphire. There are typically big improvement when using the vapor x series compared to the regular stock cooling.

they use an advanced design, more efficient... but ATI use a similar vapor chamber ( but less efficient, and cheaper design on standard cooler )

this statement is wrong...

ati has exactly the same vapor chamber on its 5970 card, nvidia just failed ocmpletely with the 480 cooler and that's why they make such a big deal out of the 580 cooler

Techpowerup 5970 cooler
Difference to NV? Ati paints the underside of the vapor chamber...

i respond about the Sapphire Vapor X, not against the 580 .. the Sapphire one is more advanced of the one used by ATI(AMD) ... nothing to do with the 580 ..


About Nvidia, it's not a question of fail or not, they wanted to show to the public they have work on the bad aspect of the 480 ( hot, power hungry ) and they have hype their solution.

from a marketing point of view, it's a good move to show it.

Correct statement bolded.

The standard ATI heatsinks are not vapor chamber design. Anyone with access to a PC can google to see the stock ATi heatsink designs for each card.

Here's the 4870 and 4890's (thanks to eastcoasthandle for pics) for example
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...890/4870HS.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...890/4890HS.jpg