Friday, May 21st 2010
EVGA Upgrades GeForce GTX 470 Reference Design
At a time when every NVIDIA board partner is designing catchy non-reference design graphics cards based on the GeForce GTX 470, EVGA applied its wisdom on simply bettering the NVIDIA reference design to make the card look not only better, but also work cooler. Dubbed the EVGA GeForce GTX 470 SuperClocked+, the card has two new features, the High Flow bracket, and a back-plate. The High Flow bracket is merely a bracket with more opening than the reference design one, which allows better ventilation.
The back-plate works as a heatspreader over components on the reverse-side of the PCB, especially drawing heat from the area behind the GPU, it is highly perforated and attracts convectional air-flow. Aside from cooling, the back-plate adds to the card's aesthetics. With SC clock speeds of 625/1250/850 (3402) MHz (core/shader/memory), the EVGA GTX 470 SC+ is priced at $375 on the company's online store.
The back-plate works as a heatspreader over components on the reverse-side of the PCB, especially drawing heat from the area behind the GPU, it is highly perforated and attracts convectional air-flow. Aside from cooling, the back-plate adds to the card's aesthetics. With SC clock speeds of 625/1250/850 (3402) MHz (core/shader/memory), the EVGA GTX 470 SC+ is priced at $375 on the company's online store.
39 Comments on EVGA Upgrades GeForce GTX 470 Reference Design
Backplate looks sweeet! If they could change the ref. design of the 480 to have better vents and a backplate, thats a surefire win for EVGA.
Fewer perforations, but more hole ("open window").
Wow, not much of a breakthrough. Dont we ALL remove those wind blockers and leave them totally open anyway?
Also the HDMI port is empty
it does look nice though
I highly doubt it... but you may be right. It might void the warranty to cut up the back plate.
my pants only change once or twice a day depending if i have to put my work pants lol.
my thoughs well i dont count that high.
Just to give you an idea, if you take a cooler with copper heatpipes, and aluminum fins, that weighs 800g, and use copper fins instead, the weight skyrockets to 1900g...