Re: AMD "Evergreen" DX11 Card Backplate Photo

On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:46:30 -0400, "First of One" <root@127.0.0.1>
wrote:

:>http://www.legitreviews.com/images/r..._videocard.jpg
:>
:>2x DVI
:>1x HDMI
:>1x Displayport
:>
:>Given the rarity of CRT monitors nowadays, this configuration makes more
:>sense than that 2GB Sapphire 4890 Vapor-X card I linked to last week.


Hmmm, 3 slot card or no outside exhaust??

me/2

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:35:33 -0400, "First of One" <root@127.0.0.1>
wrote:

:>It's a two-slot card. There's a half-sized vent next to the bottom DVI
:>connector. It's similar to the backplate arrangement on nVidia's Quadro
:>FX5800:
:>http://www.trustedreviews.com/images...adrofx5800.jpg
:>
:>I wonder if this means the HD5870 (or whatever it will be called upon Sept.
:>10 launch) will be loud, thanks to the airflow restriction and associated
:>pressure drop.

Aha, going back and looking at that picture again I see what you mean.
Hey these 64 year old eyes ain't what they used to be. :-)

me/2