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Sapphire watercools 3870

Great honking blocks of copper
Tue Feb 05 2008, 14:19

WOULD YOU LIKE to pick up a Radeon 3870, but can't stand the idea of that big air cooler that the folks at DAAMIT have whacked on?

Well Sapphire has got you covered with its new Atomic watercooled 3870. Take a standard dual-chip Radeon, remove the cooler, add a massive waterblock that covers the card and - bingo! Efficient cooling and a decent bit of overclocking headroom too, we'll wager.

The atomic kit comes with a combination pump/radiator and the little cable joining the board to the main unit rather suggests there's an element of temperature monitoring in there, too.

The card will go on sale after Chinese New Year, but no word on final clocks or pricing. Stay tuned for that one, then. µ

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Much cooling

Several companies now have watercooling blocks available for the 3870X2.
Like dangerden:
http://www.dangerden.com/images/stories/blocks/3870x2/proto-1-600w.jpg
and coolit:
http://www.coolitsystems.com/images/stories/pr/680-cps.jpg
and EK
http://images.ncix.com/forumimages/10E9D571-C25A-8E42-116B14B3704603B3.jpg
and aqua-computer
http://www.aqua-computer.de/prodimg/3870_X2_2.jpg

(info found via computerbase.de)

posted by : W.-, 05 February 2008 Complain about this comment
3870X2

It's the 3870 X2, not just the 3870...

posted by : Alexko, 05 February 2008 Complain about this comment
Err... X2?

The card is actually a 3870X2, you had me thinking it was a regular 3870 which wouldn't have been that exciting.

posted by : Max, 05 February 2008 Complain about this comment
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