new passive VGA cooler or just passive card variant?

Weldingheart · Post by **Weldingheart** » Mon May 15, 2006 7:39 pm

Sorry if this has been posted before, but I haven't seen this passive VGA cooler before, or maybe this just a passive variant from one(who?) graphics card manufacturer?anyone can identify or give a link? thanks in advance.

LARGER IMAGE

however that card is not any of those high end PCIes since there's no PCIe power connector. I also suppose it's not all copper, but copperplated aluminium like VM-102..
source: there's no info on that page referring the VGA cooler other than only "drooling at (not so impressive)Noctua 120"
I also can't find any at Rascom's site

haelduksf · Post by **haelduksf** » Mon May 15, 2006 8:31 pm

I could have sworn that it's a pre-installed solution, a GeForce 6600GT from ABiT, AOpen or Gigabyte, but I can't find any proof, so I'm beginning to doubt. The closest I've seen is the Gigabyte (http://www.pconline.com.cn/diy/diy/0506 ... _thumb.jpg), but the one in your image doesn't look like it has a blue PCB.

openwheelformula1 · Post by **openwheelformula1** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:24 pm

It looks like the new MSI 7600GT with HDCP. I've been eyeing this baby for quite some time now.

embedded loooong URL

Mod comment: PLEASE embed long URL's! Thank you.

rpsgc · Post by **rpsgc** » Tue May 16, 2006 4:23 am

openwheelformula1 wrote:It looks like the new MSI 7600GT with HDCP. I've been eyeing this baby for quite some time now.

embedded loooong URL

Indeed it is.

openwheelformula1 · Post by **openwheelformula1** » Tue May 16, 2006 11:46 am

That picture actually shows how big the back heatsink is. It certainly looks promising. I wonder how it compared to Gigibyte's silentpipe II.

There is only one draw back of MSI's design though, it's a big longer than other 7600GTs. I plan to use it in a HTPC, hopefully it won't cause clearance issues.