Quote Originally Posted by hurrdurr View Post
Actually, it is enough reason AGAINST, if you actually think about it. It draws the same power albeit through a much smaller area than the CF; causing temperatures to rocket and requiring the usage of a state-of-the-art cooler that makes a hundred times more noise than anything that is on the market.
It really doesn't make sense. It is slower than 6970CF, it is much more hotter and makes much more noise... it needs to be substantially cheaper than it to make sense... but it is actually the SAME price.
Maybe we should clarify perspectives: I'm going to watercool this card, so buying 1 card and 1 block (instead of 2 x cards + 2 x blocks) will save me about £50/£100. So for my needs, its great and makes sense.
I see your point - air cooling might be better with HD6970 CF.