Dual DVI and passive cooling a way for PowerColor to differentiate
Dual DVI and passive cooling a way for PowerColor to differentiate
PowerColor were happy to discuss their current product range with me this morning, as I spotted CrossFire on their stand, and one of the things they're looking to do across their entire product range, from X300 SE HyperMemory upwards, is to release versions of existing products with dual DVI ports, along with silent cooling. Using passive coolers and a pair of digital outputs is a way for PowerColor to differentiate their products form their AIB competitors.
Their passive cooling solutions, branded SCS, appear to be well designed and not just repurposed coolers from another vendor. A passively cooled X800 with dual-DVI would be just the ticket for this hack. Here's the X800 XL 512MiB with SCS cooling and dual-DVI. I wonder if they'd mind if I nicked it from their stand...