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| Author: Whoopty | |||
| Posted: 23:00, April 22nd 2007 | |||
| Link: http://www.quietpc.com/ | |||
| Score: 8 out of 10 [?] | |||
| Price: £460 | |||
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The 8800GTX OC Liquid
The OC Liquid is huge; even for an 8800. It's the same length as other GTXs but this card comes with an attached waterblock, pump and a couple of massive heatsinks over the PWM and memory areas.

The pump and block come pre-attached


Following the tubing from the pump we find ourselves at the radiator. This rad. is designed to fit at the back of your case behind the CPU cooler. It is the right size for a 120mm fan but should also take a 92mm and an 80mm fan so there is a bit of flexibility with this. However, the radiator is still slightly larger than the average 120mm fan so those without an area slightly larger than a 120mm fan will not be able to install this.

The radiator itself is black in colour and has a large surface area of fins in it. These fins are very flimsy and bend with the slightest bit of pressure so it is best to be careful when handling it. Also, the paint job is a little shoddy in places with the solid "tubing" on the edges of it looking not dissimilar to old wrought iron railings in terms of having several small lumps of paintwork on them (unfortunately these don't show up in the pictures but I assume you they are there).


The fan that comes with the GTX is made by a company called Adda and is completely see through which looks quite cool, perhaps an LED or two would have improved the look even more?


This 8800GTX, like others, needs twin 6pin PCI-E power connectors to power it.

The back of the card shows that even with this monstrous cooler, only a few mounting screws are needed; shouldn't be any clearance problems with the back of the card.

The rear of the card has the standard twin DVI ports.

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