Not many manufacturers have used watercooling as their cooling system especially on a brand new 8800GTX. Watercooling usually needs maintenance and some work before it will work well. Asus have realised that something that sells these days are quiet systems, and one big part in a system is the videocard and its high volume fan. They have mounted a watercooling system on one of their 8800GTX cards and made it easy for you to maintain. We are going to check this system out and see if we can find any flaws or problems with it.
About Asus:
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Features:
NVIDIA� GeForce 8800GTX
Built for Microsoft� Windows Vista�
NVIDIA SLI� Technology ready
NVIDIA� unified architecture with GigaThread� technology
Full support for Microsoft DirectX10.0 and Shader Model 4.0 enables stunning and complex special effects
OpenGL�2.0 support
NVIDIA� Quantum Effects� Technology
True 128-bit floating point high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting
Two dual-link DVI outputs support two 2560x1600 resolution displays
Specifications:
Intelligent Design Tiny Liquid Cooling Module for VGA
VGA Waterblock
-8mm thickness
-Support up to 120 W for GPU
-Brazing copper Waterblock
Radiator
-Pure copper designed
-Radiator with copper tube
Cooling System
-Fan speed: 1500,3000 RPM
-Noise level: 35,40 dB
-Fan speed controller included
Tiny Pump
-DC 12V
-45(L) x 38(W) x 25(H) mm
-Pump speed: 72L/hr, 3400 RPM
-Life expense: 40,000 hours
Maintenance free for liquid refilling
10,000 hours
Coolant
-Anti-freeze
-Anti-rusting
Installation
Plug into one PCI slot
The product:
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The product comes in a ordinary box with a picture of a girl in the middle and a Asus logo on the side. The box is covered by a plastic film though that protects it from dents and scratches. On the back of the box you can read about the cards features and specifications. The first thing I noticed when carrying the box is the weight of the product, but what can you expect with a watercooling setup and a big 8800GTX card in the box.
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So what accessories do you get with the videocard? Well to start with we have several different adapters included. We got a S-Video to RGB, 2x Molex to PCI-E and one VGA to DVI adapter.
Software wise we found a couple if driver cd�s along with 3dmark2006, GTI and Ghost Recon. Pretty good software bundle if you ask me.
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Wehter you read them or not you get a couple of manuals to the video card and to the watercooling setup. I would recommend you to check through the watercooling guide especially if you have never ran a H20 setup before.
Well its time to check out the card, as we can see its separated into two pieces. One is the card itself and the other is the watercooling setup. If you look close the watercooling part will be mounted in a PCI slot also so check that you have enough space for it in your computers.
