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PowerColor's liquid-cooled HD 7970 poses for the camera

by Parm Mann on 6 February 2012, 11:42

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We've already experienced the joy of an AMD Radeon HD 7970 cooled by a top-notch heatsink and fan configuration, but air cooling won't be to everyone's taste.

If you're looking for something to integrate into your existing liquid-cooled system, PowerColor will soon have a solution in the form of the Radeon HD 7970 LCS.

The card, pictured above in pre-release form, features a single-slot EK waterblock that would go nicely with a single-slot I/O bracket should PowerColor choose to use one.

The base of the waterblock is made of nickel-plated electrolytic copper while the top is made of an Acetal material. It's designed to offer full-board cooling - including GPU, RAM and VRM - and uses standard G1/4 threaded fittings.

PowerColor hasn't yet provided any concrete details - clock speed, price and release date remains a mystery - but seeing as AMD's 28nm GPU is known to overclock particularly well, the LCS Edition could easily ship at 1,000MHz right out of the box.

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Posted by [GSV]Trig - Mon 06 Feb 2012 12:09
I want exactly this, just not from PowerColor..
Posted by Hicks12 - Mon 06 Feb 2012 12:49
Amen trig! I just wish other companies would do the same however if any of them do it they charge silly amounts, the waterblocks cost ~£60 so it should be at most £80 more its not normally the case…

I think ill just have todo it myself as per usual :D.
Posted by Fraz - Mon 06 Feb 2012 15:15
Hicks12
Amen trig! I just wish other companies would do the same however if any of them do it they charge silly amounts, the waterblocks cost ~£60 so it should be at most £80 more its not normally the case…

I think ill just have todo it myself as per usual :D.

Yeah, same.

Really it shouldn't cost £80 more, as they don't have to provide an air cooler. It seems silly to me that I can by a graphics card with an air cooler that I don't want or need, and then buy a water block and it still ends up cheaper than someone selling me the GPU with waterblock already attached. :O_o1:
Posted by flearider - Mon 06 Feb 2012 16:21
Hicks12
Amen trig! I just wish other companies would do the same however if any of them do it they charge silly amounts, the waterblocks cost ~£60 so it should be at most £80 more its not normally the case…

I think ill just have todo it myself as per usual :D.

ek waterblock for a 7970 .Price:£ 82.95 so your going to be looking at £490-£525 for the card..
part of that price will be to compensate for increased speed and return rate ..still way to much for a card ..
now if they banged it out at £375-£400 i'd think about it ..