Galaxy Readies Single-Slot GeForce GTX 470 Graphics Card

[v12dock]

Found myself a new paper weight

 

[Kitkat]

dosnt matter electricly on the motherboard at all weather it is or isnt single slot

 

[Wile E]

Does it support software voltage control?

 

[erixx]

to a certain point 0,8-1,08 I suppose

 

[Lionheart]

Holy shit, they are going single slot already, plus that is one rusty fugly looking card, I mean if ya gonna go single slot, at least give it sum style

 

[erixx]

With that avatar I also would have trouble reading properly Killa! LOL

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Bet that fan is going to be a real dust buster - if the 7800GTs & 8800GTs are anything to go by, this is going to be 200x worse, that fan is going to spin so fast it might put your PC into warp & send it jetting off a million light years ahead where graphic cards are cooled to the sub atomic level with atom particles taken from nuclear reactive particles to create like a 'blackhole' Or some sorta chemical reaction that causes a deep freeze so deep, it will be even cooler then Liquid Nitrogen between your GPU & its HSF.....


yeah.....I'l be switching to decaff now i think.

 

[hat]

Vegeta, what's the scouter say about that GPU's temperature level?

... it's OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAND!!

 

[Disparia]

I have to agree actually. I don't like the weight of the DVI adaptor and the DVI cable hanging off an HDMI port. They just seem too weak to support that.

In all honesty, on a card like this, I'd rather see a DMS-59 single port used, with the dongle for dual DVI or HDMI with another adaptor, and the rest of the slot used to vent the hot air out of the case.

I like that idea even more

Get on it Galaxy! And don't forget to put both our names on the royalty checks.

 

[Mussels]

well that doesnt sound too bad, using a 480 PCB for a 470 GPU, and giving it a better vent (via ditching one slot) sounds perfect.


Keep in mind that 4x0 cards can still only use two monitors at a time, and one DVI and one HDMI gives you every port you need, via adaptors (DVI to VGA, DVI to HDMI from one, and the other has HDMI to DVI, HDMI to displayport)



oh and if you have the weight of a DVI cable on the HDMI port, you're doing it wrong... put the adaptor on the back of the monitor (DVI to HDMI) and use a HDMI cable.

 

[HillBeast]

Can't be bothered reading all the comments to check if someone has mentioned this, but if you consider it's made for Folding or SLI or something along those lines, you will obviously be choosing this because you can get more in your system, but they will all be bunched up together and I can't see any way they will get air into them to cool them down. Okay the top and bottom ones will be able to get some air (1/2 of what it's supposed to get mind you), but the middle ones will be blocked by the other cards, and no matter how brillaint the cooling is, no card can work with 0 airflow.

I can see the point in this card, but I think people would be better with water blocks or getting a dual slot 470.

 

[fatguy1992]

Looks like a decent idea/product. At least they are trying new things etc, instead of just making 3 different ref. cards with small OC and charge 50$ more.

 

[HillBeast]

Can't be bothered reading all the comments to check if someone has mentioned this, but if you consider it's made for Folding or SLI or something along those lines, you will obviously be choosing this because you can get more in your system, but they will all be bunched up together and I can't see any way they will get air into them to cool them down. Okay the top and bottom ones will be able to get some air (1/2 of what it's supposed to get mind you), but the middle ones will be blocked by the other cards, and no matter how brillaint the cooling is, no card can work with 0 airflow.

I can see the point in this card, but I think people would be better with water blocks or getting a dual slot 470.

One thing I forgot to mention is where does the hot air go? There's no vents.

 

[Mussels]

One thing I forgot to mention is where does the hot air go? There's no vents.

that was covered - it will exhaust out where one of the DVI ports is in the images.

 

[pr0n Inspector]

Still, this is likely to give you ear cancer.

 

[HalfAHertz]

It looks pretty slick, i like it

 

[PCpraiser100]

The first single-slot stove surface!!!!!

 

[newtekie1]

Can't be bothered reading all the comments to check if someone has mentioned this, but if you consider it's made for Folding or SLI or something along those lines, you will obviously be choosing this because you can get more in your system, but they will all be bunched up together and I can't see any way they will get air into them to cool them down. Okay the top and bottom ones will be able to get some air (1/2 of what it's supposed to get mind you), but the middle ones will be blocked by the other cards, and no matter how brillaint the cooling is, no card can work with 0 airflow.

I can see the point in this card, but I think people would be better with water blocks or getting a dual slot 470.

The cards don't touch when they are right next to eachother, so air can still flow inbetween the cards. No, not as much air as the card by itself, but a decent amount of air does still flow inbetween the cards.

And I'm more interested in single slot cards for mATX builds, where expansion slots are at a premium.

 

[HillBeast]

that was covered - it will exhaust out where one of the DVI ports is in the images.

Not in the OP. Like I said, I can't be bothered reading all the comments because it's such a stupid idea.

The cards don't touch when they are right next to eachother, so air can still flow inbetween the cards. No, not as much air as the card by itself, but a decent amount of air does still flow inbetween the cards.

And I'm more interested in single slot cards for mATX builds, where expansion slots are at a premium.

Even if they don't touch, they will have hindered airflow and when you have two tiny fans struggling to get air though the heatsink, and all they have is tops a 5mm cap, I think overheating is going to be pretty certain, considering how small they are to start with.

Also for mATX, I'd still just get a dual slot. Be better in the long run IMHO.

 

[Wile E]

I welcome the single slot cards. Leaves me more options for layout. As long a they don't reach dangerous temps, I don't care.

 

[newtekie1]

Even if they don't touch, they will have hindered airflow and when you have two tiny fans struggling to get air though the heatsink, and all they have is tops a 5mm cap, I think overheating is going to be pretty certain, considering how small they are to start with.

Also for mATX, I'd still just get a dual slot. Be better in the long run IMHO.

If the heatsink is design properly, the single slot can be just as efficient as a dual slot. Hell the dual slot 9600GSO/8800GS were perfect examples of the single slot cooler being better than the dual slot. The single slot cooler was the stock 8800GT cooler, with a nice heatpipe, and a large array of fines. The dual-slot cooler was just a hunk of aluminum with a few fins cut in it. The single slot on my 8800GS gave better temps then the dual slot on the 9600GSO, and they were the same exact card.

As for your argument about the tiny amount of space between the cards, that is actually more of a concern with dual-slot cards then single, if you think logically. The only time that would be an issue would be if every PCI-e slot was filled, and each PCI-e slot was right next to the other, there are only a very few boards that actually have this configuration and they are rather expensive. Expensive boards don't tend to be the folder's dream. They are spending $400 on a motherboard so they can get 7 PCI-E slots to fill with cards. They are spending $150 on cheap boards with 3/4 slots for cards. Now, with dual slot cards, the issue of the cards being too close and airflow being restricted becomes a problem in these boards. However, with a single slot card, there is now plenty of room between the cards.

Now, as for mATX, as I said, some times a single slot card is the only option. There is no, well I'd still get a dual slot, because that isn't possible. You've got a maximum of 4 slots, and many mATX boards only use the bottom 3 because the top slot would interfere with the chipset. But even with 4 slots, assuming the top one is the graphics. Then you've got the TV tuner taking up a slot, the sound card taking up another slot, and the wireless card taking up the last slot. No room for a dual slot card blocking a slot there.