Swiftech to release heatsinks for HD6900 series

[gabe]

Hi All,

I am pleased to announce that we will soon (ETA 3 weeks) be releasing Heatsinks for Radeon HD6950 (1 & 2 Gb using new PCB) and HD6970 (New PCB).

Here are pics of the 6950 solution. Note that there was not enough space to include 80mm fan holes in this heatsink, but there was enough for an optional 60x15mm fan.





and here are preview pics of the 6970 solution, which has mounting holes (2 only) for an optional 80x15mm fan:





Both of the above solutions use pre-installed thermal pads for the memory, and hard/mount (grease) for the VR's.

Both also have thru openings in the VR areas allowing air-flow to circulate under the sink.

If ANYONE say's it's about time, I will shoot him.

So I am saying it first: it's about time!

Oh, and I almost forgot, yes they are also compatible with MC60's.

[Johnny87au]

awesome gabe have you actually got any prototypes which have been tested or ? looks like a good /cheap idea!

[gabe]

awesome gabe have you actually got any prototypes which have been tested or ? looks like a good /cheap idea!

Not yet. I expect validation samples by end of next week if all goes well.

[Johnny87au]

Fair enough mate, keep this thread updates as you progress

[Utnorris]

Damn dude! Do you every sleep? Looks awesome. I wish it had been out a few weeks earlier, but better late than never. One question, does the heatsink transfer any heat to the waterblock or do you need really good airflow?

[gabe]

Damn dude! Do you every sleep? Looks awesome. I wish it had been out a few weeks earlier, but better late than never. One question, does the heatsink transfer any heat to the waterblock or do you need really good airflow?

HSF and W/B are 100% separa, so no interaction there, one way or the other.

[Utnorris]

Thanks for the quick reply.

[LowRun]

Any idea about what the price should be? And why no hard mount for the memory?

[Kerensky]

Great to see these blocks are getting made.

Any chance there will be unisinks for the GTX580?

[emoners]

nice one! nice concept of swiftech adding a fan!

[Pyr0]

awesome news, thanks gabe
been waiting for something like this for my 6970

out of interest, would it be possible to hand-mod a swiftech 6970 heatsink to fit a reference pcb?
how much difference is there between a reference 6970 pcb and a new pcb

[MengNa]

I've been waiting for this, but why no love for the original reference design?

[PatRaceTin]

Hybrid cooling?

[Madidas]

Oh, and I almost forgot, yes they are also compatible with MC60's.

+1 for this. Even though I don`t own any of those cards.

[Sparky]

Whenever I upgrade from my 4870 (no reason for me to do that yet) I hope there is something like this available for whatever card I get so I can continue using my MCW60 instead of buying an expensive full cover block

[eXa]

Excellent! I still have a couple of un-opened MCW60 lying around

[KetelOne]

awesome news, thanks gabe
been waiting for something like this for my 6970

out of interest, would it be possible to hand-mod a swiftech 6970 heatsink to fit a reference pcb?
how much difference is there between a reference 6970 pcb and a new pcb

Same thing I have been thinking...

[skinnee]

Include screws for 25mm fans, not the 20mm!!!

[96redformula]

Are these compatible with the original board version(release version) of the HD6950's?

[Gimmpy224]

Are these compatible with the original board version(release version) of the HD6950's?

I too would like to know this ^_^

Thanks Gabe!

[MengNa]

IIRC the original HD6950 revision is identical to the original HD6970, so I guess neither of them has a unisink coming, sadly.

[Sparky]

Wait, the 6950 and 6970 have changed? Let me guess, no more quick-n-easy 6950>6970 bios modding now?
Shows you how much I've been keeping up with it all

[Volkum]

Oh, and I almost forgot, yes they are also compatible with MC60's.

Sweet! I'm due for a video card upgrade...

[XiraN]

Wait, the 6950 and 6970 have changed? Let me guess, no more quick-n-easy 6950>6970 bios modding now?
Shows you how much I've been keeping up with it all

They changed since the initial production run that utilized the volterra VRM's instead of the TI ones on all the cards now. PCB layout was also changed.

[MengNa]

I'm wondering what it would take to convince Gabe to make a version for the original reference design... I would have assumed that there's was fair number of original ref boards already out there...
I don't really wanna get full cover blocks, but I also don't think some small sinks (like these) are enough for the VRs...