Wow! A $650.00 Video Card!!!

Foe · 20-July-06, 01:19 PM

The new Sapphire's liquid-cooled Toxic X1900 XTX graphics card is a mere $650.00. :crazy: There has been a review posted of it, and for that price I would have expected better performance.

Sapphire's liquid-cooled Toxic X1900 XTX graphics card
At long last, a different Radeon
by Geoff Gasior — July 20, 2006
LATELY, GRAPHICS CARD manufacturers have become less willing—or perhaps less capable—of deviating from the reference designs provided by ATI and NVIDIA. This trend is especially apparent at the high end of the market, where often little more than a sticker and a couple of MHz differentiates one manufacturer's card from another. There's not really anything wrong with reference designs; it's just disappointing to see card makers settling for the status quo rather than pushing the envelope with tweaked board designs or innovative cooling solutions. Fortunately, there are a few pockets of originality in a landscape of cookie-cutter reference designs. One such beacon of hope is Sapphire's Toxic X1900 XTX, a hot rod rendition of ATI's Radeon X1900 XTX that boasts higher clock speeds and an integrated liquid cooler. That's right: this card comes with liquid cooling in the box, and there's no extra assembly required.
Can the Toxic's liquid cooler help to set a new performance standard for the Radeon X1900 XTX? What about its impact on noise levels and overclocking? Read on to find out.

Tech Report

FeRaL · 20-July-06, 02:14 PM

BAH! What a joke of a radiator that thing has... It looks like a chopped down Thermalright sk-7 with heat pipes going throught the base...

musclecars&computers · 20-July-06, 02:19 PM

That card was stupid.

For that much money i could build a new AM2 setup.:Suave:

NCXCStud · 20-July-06, 02:21 PM

And people said console gaming was expensive

And before you say it, yes, I know it's an optional purchase! lol

Foe · 20-July-06, 04:27 PM

If I was going to do a liquid cooled card, I think one that I get and do from scratch would actually cool better than the numbers this one put out. For that kind of crudy performance I certainly would be able to get a lower ned card, and do better. This will be a big flop.

THRASHER2 · 20-July-06, 04:39 PM

You could just get these Coolers

Thermaltake CL-W0052 TideWater All In One VGA Liquid Cooling Module w/ Adjustable Fan
Regular price: $79.99
Sale price: $74.99

Thermaltake CL-W0086 Tide Water Plus All-in-One Dual VGA Water Cooling System (Out of Stock)
Price: $89.99

20-July-06, 01:19 PM		#1 (permalink)
Foe Apex Tech God	Wow! A $650.00 Video Card!!! The new Sapphire's liquid-cooled Toxic X1900 XTX graphics card is a mere $650.00. :crazy: There has been a review posted of it, and for that price I would have expected better performance. Sapphire's liquid-cooled Toxic X1900 XTX graphics card At long last, a different Radeon by Geoff Gasior — July 20, 2006 LATELY, GRAPHICS CARD manufacturers have become less willing—or perhaps less capable—of deviating from the reference designs provided by ATI and NVIDIA. This trend is especially apparent at the high end of the market, where often little more than a sticker and a couple of MHz differentiates one manufacturer's card from another. There's not really anything wrong with reference designs; it's just disappointing to see card makers settling for the status quo rather than pushing the envelope with tweaked board designs or innovative cooling solutions. Fortunately, there are a few pockets of originality in a landscape of cookie-cutter reference designs. One such beacon of hope is Sapphire's Toxic X1900 XTX, a hot rod rendition of ATI's Radeon X1900 XTX that boasts higher clock speeds and an integrated liquid cooler. That's right: this card comes with liquid cooling in the box, and there's no extra assembly required. Can the Toxic's liquid cooler help to set a new performance standard for the Radeon X1900 XTX? What about its impact on noise levels and overclocking? Read on to find out. Tech Report

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20-July-06, 02:14 PM		#2 (permalink)
FeRaL Mutant Moderator	BAH! What a joke of a radiator that thing has... It looks like a chopped down Thermalright sk-7 with heat pipes going throught the base...

20-July-06, 02:19 PM		#3 (permalink)
musclecars&computers Apex Tech Demi-God	That card was stupid. For that much money i could build a new AM2 setup.:Suave:

20-July-06, 02:21 PM		#4 (permalink)
NCXCStud Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme	And people said console gaming was expensive And before you say it, yes, I know it's an optional purchase! lol

20-July-06, 04:27 PM		#5 (permalink)
Foe Apex Tech God	If I was going to do a liquid cooled card, I think one that I get and do from scratch would actually cool better than the numbers this one put out. For that kind of crudy performance I certainly would be able to get a lower ned card, and do better. This will be a big flop.

20-July-06, 04:39 PM		#6 (permalink)
THRASHER2 PCApex Newscaster	You could just get these Coolers Thermaltake CL-W0052 TideWater All In One VGA Liquid Cooling Module w/ Adjustable Fan Regular price: $79.99 Sale price: $74.99 Thermaltake CL-W0086 Tide Water Plus All-in-One Dual VGA Water Cooling System (Out of Stock) Price: $89.99