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Inquirer photographed this awesome board at CeBit- it has watercooled north and southbridge, V-regs, and of course CPU and GPU. (I make no apologies for my fanboyism) "numbers in the graphics enthusiast market are very low, they count extra in a fight for prestige that helps mainstream and low-end sales. In addition, tweaking products for enthusiasts will keep the engineering minds sharp and aware of potential problems with say the BIOS or firmware. EVGA used CeBIT to launch a revision of known nForce 680i motherboard in a custom designed form. The guys'n'gals at EVGA teamed up with innovatek AG and will be offering a fully water-cooled motherboard for the more extreme overclocker crowd. " More from the Inquirer
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Is this their 'Black Pearl' card?
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Damn, thats some nice drops in hot spots.
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I'm wondering if I should invest in a couple V-reg waterblocks- I think they're 1/4 inch fittings though.
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Crap WB?
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Looking for innovatek reviews- not many out there, and most are old, but favorable.
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Yeah, it's not so much about it being terrible as about it being not worth it for the money. There's some really nice Koolance stuff out there. I mean, besides all that, there's the fact that it uses weak small diameter tubing, and the fact that you don't actually gain any performance from water cooling any of those components... I think I'm going to pick up a quad core fixed eVGA board today. I'll let you all know how it goes.... If it sucks it's going back again. |
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