A smooth, well-formed, streamlined airflow for all 10 minutes until the frond formed blades get dust bunnies trailing from the edges, and all those nice laminar flowlines get past the Reynaulds number and bingo, back to turbulence....
far be it for me to knock technical innovation here, but surely the fan is only going to belt out hot air towards the next card plugged into the available slots.
Had this fan been used to ensure hot air is exited from a system, then perhaps bravo, but surely the fact that it spews hot air more efficiently inside and around the case isnt the greatest use of this technology?
If your exit fans are not pumping out the hot air as quick as its being circulated by the refined gpu fans, then the object is defeated.
I think you'll find the fan sucks air from inside the case, blows it across the heatsinks & it is vented through those slots you can see on the connector plate. Sucking air across coolers isn't very efficient for mass flow or heat transfer, much better to blow...
Considering this MSI card takes up 2 slots, you might as well go with the Gigabyte GV-NX96T1GHP - No fan and guarenteed zero noise! Put it in SLI no need to overclock and the results are shockingly good!
Intel Core i7 I7-920 Quad Core Processor (2.66GHz, 4x256kB, 4.8GT/s QPI, LGA 1336 Socket B)
Intel Core i5 750 Qaud Core Processor (2.66GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 2.5 GT/s Bus, Socket H LGA1156)
Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition I7-975 Quad Core Processor (3.33GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 4x512KB L2 Cache, 6.4 GT/s, Socket B LGA 1336)
Asus P7P55D Motherboard (Intel Socket H LGA1156, P55 Express, ATX, 16GB DDR3)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Quad Core Processor (3.4GHz, 6MB L3 Cache, 4x512KB L2 Cache, 4000 MT/s Bus, Socket AM3)
Sam
So... #
Posted Wednesday 14th May 2008 15:48 GMT
..if it uses less power, will this keep fronds of the earth happy?
The flippers, ta.
Eddie
How many of us keep our fans clean? #
Posted Wednesday 14th May 2008 15:48 GMT
A smooth, well-formed, streamlined airflow for all 10 minutes until the frond formed blades get dust bunnies trailing from the edges, and all those nice laminar flowlines get past the Reynaulds number and bingo, back to turbulence....
Anonymous Coward
Weed? #
Posted Wednesday 14th May 2008 16:46 GMT
Not the lethal type then?
Anonymous Coward
Throbbing #
Posted Wednesday 14th May 2008 16:46 GMT
Fantastic use of the word "throbbing".
That is all.
Simon C
I might be missing something here... #
Posted Wednesday 14th May 2008 16:46 GMT
far be it for me to knock technical innovation here, but surely the fan is only going to belt out hot air towards the next card plugged into the available slots.
Had this fan been used to ensure hot air is exited from a system, then perhaps bravo, but surely the fact that it spews hot air more efficiently inside and around the case isnt the greatest use of this technology?
If your exit fans are not pumping out the hot air as quick as its being circulated by the refined gpu fans, then the object is defeated.
Matthew Hepburn
Acclero S1 anyone? #
Posted Wednesday 14th May 2008 16:46 GMT
But why not just use an Arctic Cooling Accelero S1, which doesnt need a fan?
At least not in my case, where it keeps an 8800GT @ 700/1000 under 50 degrees on load.
Was half-expecting a long, cylindrical type cooler when I first saw the headline ;-)
Anonymous Coward
@ Simon C #
Posted Wednesday 14th May 2008 17:11 GMT
I think you'll find the fan sucks air from inside the case, blows it across the heatsinks & it is vented through those slots you can see on the connector plate. Sucking air across coolers isn't very efficient for mass flow or heat transfer, much better to blow...
Bounty
can you smoke kelp? #
Posted Wednesday 14th May 2008 17:49 GMT
I was hoping to find out about some kind of new strange underwater "weed" instead it's just talking about kelp.
mine's the one dripping salt water.
Anonymous Coward
Weed, glorious weed.... #
Posted Wednesday 14th May 2008 17:58 GMT
I've frequently been inspired by weed - not seaweed, though.
Mine's the one with the pockets full of munchies...
James O'Brien
Awwww #
Posted Wednesday 14th May 2008 18:53 GMT
And here I was hoping that the fan had 5 fins and was out of balance :)
/mines the 6ft one parked on FDR drive
amanfromMars
Any kelp smokers here? #
Posted Wednesday 14th May 2008 20:33 GMT
"can you smoke kelp?" .... Bounty • Wednesday 14th May 2008 17:31 GMT
The short answer is "Of course" but whether it does anything for you is as yet unknown?
Jonathan Richards
@Eddie #
Posted Thursday 15th May 2008 09:44 GMT
s/Reynaulds/Reynolds
My pleasure; don't mention it.
Eddie
@ Jonathon Edwards #
Posted Thursday 15th May 2008 11:25 GMT
I'll write it out 20x for homework... :)
In my defence though, physics A level was 26 years ago, so my memory is a little, erm, turbid...
Ishkandar
@Eddie #
Posted Thursday 15th May 2008 13:42 GMT
Shurly you don't mean "clear as mud", given the slant of the article !!
Rich
Why not just buy a 9600 with no Fan... #
Posted Friday 16th May 2008 10:19 GMT
... and bobs your uncle!
Considering this MSI card takes up 2 slots, you might as well go with the Gigabyte GV-NX96T1GHP - No fan and guarenteed zero noise! Put it in SLI no need to overclock and the results are shockingly good!
http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/VGA/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2804
Seaweed, whatever next!
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