PowerColor Develops Adjustable Vortex Cooler for HD 5770

[FiXT]

PowerColor, part of the TUL Corporation, is working on the design of a new ATI Radeon HD 5770 video card that features a unique, user adjustable cooler for better control of airflow. The new "Vortex" Cooler showcases a thick aluminum heatsink, and at the top, the height adjustable fan. As seen in the images, the fan's position can be set "low" to ... [ Read full article ]

[_dangtx_]

very interesting. vertical adjustment of the gpu fan. nice!

[headsh0t]

Doesn't the 5770 run super cool already anyways? What's the point in adjusting the fan to shave MAYBE a degree off your GPU/system if at all? And 3 expansion slots? Yikes.

[Oversized Rooster]

Originally Posted by headsh0t

Doesn't the 5770 run super cool already anyways? What's the point in adjusting the fan to shave MAYBE a degree off your GPU/system if at all? And 3 expansion slots? Yikes.

Agreed. By the looks of those pictures, the adjustment is only a max of 1cm. I would think fan mounting angle would have played a more interested role...or the fan position relative to the total length of the card...

[Zero82z]

That's pretty pointless.

[kk22]

Agreed... totally pointless

[Sushi Warrior]

May help with noise as fans can vary based on the amount of space between them and the cooler.... but unless they have CRAZY QC/workmanship problems it should be easy to find out the optimal space for the given fan....

Might make it cooler/louder up close and hotter/quieter/more incidental airflow up high? Beats me.