The Beast
Here is the monster, the dual-GPU GeForce GTX 295 - only, stripped naked and found with a Danger Den waterblock sandwiched between each GPU-wielding PCB. It's worth noting, too, that BFG and Danger Den have worked closely for years, with the former sending the latter sample-engineering boards, the H2O edition was seemingly inevitable.
Over to the other side and there's a big serving of deja vu - you're looking at an identical PCB that's connected to the other via internal SLI. Why? Well, pure, unadulterated frame-rate domination. If you're unfamiliar with the inner workings of a GeForce GTX 295, NVIDIA has essentially paired two 55nm GTX 200-based GPUs into a single package to create the single fastest graphics solution in the world.
The cooling solution is bespoke, insofar as it has to cool two
facing GPUs concurrently.
I can see clearly now the shroud is gone. The design is such that another card can be connected by the SLI finger, for some four-GPU action.
BFG recommends a 680W PSU with at least 46A on the 12V line, but that's based on the user running an Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition CPU.
Sitting in between the two GPUs, Danger Den's 4lb waterblock aims to cool all the right areas - including GPU, RAM, voltage regulators and I/O chip. BFG claims its water-cooled H2O edition will operate at temperatures of up to 44°C lower than its stock-clocked alternative.
With that in mind, what sort of out-the-box frequencies can we look forward to?
