Quote Originally Posted by tbone8ty View Post
if im spending upwards of $600+ on a card im definitely watercooling it with out a doubt. im not worried about how load the card is!

i love how nvidia will now be claiming how cool and quiet its cards are like it totally makes up for its crappy clocks. FAIL
nVidia can't win... if the card was loud and hot as hell everyone would be saying FAIL and comparing it to the GTX 480.

The 6990 draws over 450 watts under load. It makes sense that nVidia would want people to buy a high end card without requiring them to also buy a 1000+ watt PSU at the same time.

Like it or not, power requirements, noise, and heat all matter to system builders.