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notoriousformula
12-05-2003, 10:48 AM
ATI’s biggest partner Sapphire Technology also does not want to be behind its rivals and is considering possibilities to launch water-cooled RADEON graphics card. The company teamed up with Koolance – one of the world’s well-known producers of high-end coolers – to bring you something ultimate.

Sapphire supplies RADEON series of graphics cards, including the highest-end RADEON 9800 XT model, with passive heat-pipe based coolers for those, who prefer extremely quiet computers. Water-coolers may allow increasing overclockability of certain graphics cards from Sapphire while maintaining very quiet operation – something enthusiasts may be tremendously interested in.

At Comdex trade-show Sapphire demonstrated a concept model of its RADEON 9800-series product with water-cooler installed. The company does not say anything concrete in regards the device, e.g., pricing or timeframes; but, at least, we now know that the firm is working in the direction.

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BigBen
12-05-2003, 11:54 AM
Nice :D

Regards

BladeRunner
12-08-2003, 08:44 AM
Sapphire have been dithering about a watercooled solution for at least a year, they "borrowed" my water-cooler that I fitted to a black PCB 9700 Pro for Cebit earlier this year and said they were considering watercooling then, but had no plans.........

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