#5280222

Aelders

2016-05-27 17:16

Man, this cooler is giving birth to another fan. Personally, think it looks like a donkey's butt

#5280261

Picolete

2016-05-27 18:14

What's the point of that small cooler? Idle?

#5280312

WareTernal

2016-05-27 19:29

it looks like a donkey's butt

Yeah, I think it looks ugly too. I guess that small fan is supposed to cool the backplate??? Small fan looks like a noise maker...

#5280667

Argon600Q

2016-05-28 15:40

The smaller top fan provides further memory cooling, but with a 6+1 phase vs the other aib's 6+2 along with a report I read saying this card does have an extra 6 pin power connector so it's already pushing what.... 300 watts? Giving it an extra 75 watt headroom for further overclocking, but why the 6+1 rather than a 6+2? It'll hit a wall sooner than the other companies AIB 1080's right?

#5280684

vdelvec

2016-05-28 16:18

Kinda looks like a small tumor growing out of a larger master tumor.

#5280817

Aelders

2016-05-28 22:11

The smaller top fan provides further memory cooling, but with a 6+1 phase vs the other aib's 6+2 along with a report I read saying this card does have an extra 6 pin power connector so it's already pushing what.... 300 watts? Giving it an extra 75 watt headroom for further overclocking, but why the 6+1 rather than a 6+2? It'll hit a wall sooner than the other companies AIB 1080's right?

Not really, adding power phases just smooths the power delivery, which makes it better for higher frequencies and extreme cooling. The memory consumes what? 20-25w max? That won't put too much strain on the mosfets

#5280970

kroks

2016-05-29 11:26

weight? 2KG? 😀

#5281015

0blivious

2016-05-29 13:35

It does look like the heaviest thing we've seen in GPU land. I'm intrigued by how the X4 might perform. It is kind of strange looking but I suspect it's a look that you'd grow to love like the mother of a disturbingly ugly child.