Friday, March 1st 2013
Aqua Computer Intros Kryographics Full-Coverage Water Block for GeForce GTX Titan
To efficiently cool down the GeForce GTX TITAN graphics card, Aqua Computer offers the new Kryographics series full cover blocks. Other than the old aquagrafx series the new blocks feature wider openings at the side of the copper base and a revised connection terminal to optimize the flow rate.
The 10 mm thick copper base covers the GPU, RAM and voltage regulators. All surfaces with contact to the card are highly polised to 1/1000mm. The top is made of stainless steel and comes with a laser engraved logo. Above the GPU the block uses a 0.25mm micro structure which results in a delta of 10°C between the GPU and water in our internal tests with Furmark. Due to the precise CNC production process the RAM chips can be used with thermal grease which offers a much better heat transfer over thermal pads.
The block will be available in four different variants: copper or nickel plated copper with a stainless steel top, and both blocks also with a Plexiglas top surrounded by a stainless steel frame.
The Kryographics GTX TITAN with copper base ans stainless steel top is in production right now and will be available within the week. Orders are already possible, the block costs 89,90 Euro (incl. 19% VAT). The other three variants will be available by mid March, prices are to be announced.
The 10 mm thick copper base covers the GPU, RAM and voltage regulators. All surfaces with contact to the card are highly polised to 1/1000mm. The top is made of stainless steel and comes with a laser engraved logo. Above the GPU the block uses a 0.25mm micro structure which results in a delta of 10°C between the GPU and water in our internal tests with Furmark. Due to the precise CNC production process the RAM chips can be used with thermal grease which offers a much better heat transfer over thermal pads.
The Kryographics GTX TITAN with copper base ans stainless steel top is in production right now and will be available within the week. Orders are already possible, the block costs 89,90 Euro (incl. 19% VAT). The other three variants will be available by mid March, prices are to be announced.
8 Comments on Aqua Computer Intros Kryographics Full-Coverage Water Block for GeForce GTX Titan
I understand water cooling would be helpful if you have, say, more than one of them pressed right against each other, but other than that, what exactly does this do? Just make it quiet?
xvi: Well the (limited) overclocking potential of the Titan is based on temperature, so it will clock higher if on water, especially when loaded hard.
Weather that extra 1% is worth it or not I guess can be explained by the pricetag of the Titan itself ;)
Here is a video showing off the Titan's overclocking capabilities: Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Benchmarks: Real-World Ga...
This dude from oc.net has his Titan stable at 1200MHz core, and mostly because his temps stay low throughout.
I know in the past with bigger gpus that they would clock better at lower temps. The GTX280 for example would clock better if you could keep it cool. Thats back before software voltage control.
I know that I my GTX280 could hit 750mhz. That wouldn't have happened on the stock cooler.