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Old August 22, 2012, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by SKYMTL View Post
On the contrary. This is the "secondary reference cooler" which many board partners are and will be using on their non-custom HD 7950 cards. I think the review was clear on this.
So, will AMD's original blower style reference cooler not be available anymore? If this is the case, that is indeed quite sad, as this new cooler seems to have all the drawbacks of a blower cooler (loud noise, poor cooling) and none of the benefits (rear exhaust).
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