Zotac Teases an Over-the-top GeForce GTX 960 Graphics Card

[btarunr]

Zotac unveiled an over-the-top GeForce GTX 960 graphics card for the Greater China region, where mid-range cards are 'overpackaged' to attract price-conscious buyers looking for more pop for their coin. Part of its Gamer Force series, the new GTX 960 Gamer Force TOP-X graphics card combines a large triple-fan cooling solution, with a metal back-plate that holds another two 60 mm spinners. The PCB features a strong VRM, and support Zotac's in-house design OC+ external overclocking module. Under its cooler shroud, holding its three 90 mm spinners, is an aluminium split fin-stack heatsink. The result? The card is reportedly capable of core clocks of 1,500 MHz. The card will be exclusive to the Greater China region (PRC, HK, and probably Taiwan).



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[xorbe]

The profit margin on the 960 must be huge for everyone to be throwing dual and triple fan coolers on such a simple 128-bit card.

 

[rtwjunkie]

Wow, if that's not overkill, I don't know what is. This needs a thread, modeled after Most WTF cooler! http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/most-wtf-cooler.157025/

 

[thebluebumblebee]

What, no water cooling option like the Asus Poseidon Hybrid Cooler? 130 watt GPU definitely needs it.

 

[W1zzard]

This is completely overkill .. the best GTX 960 I reviewed was the dirt-cheap Gigabyte GTX 960 OC.

 

[荷兰大母猪]

这真是太傻逼了，贴吧婊这逗比玩意多少天了…
It is so ridiculous. It is just 960 ok? I don't understand the meaning of over 2 fans on gm206. Does it really require such that cooler? Abosolutely no. Also we Chinese think it is stupid and ridiculous.

 

[dj-electric]

ZOTAC's PR \ PCP PR, you guys must be really proud over this stupid utterly-useless thing.

 

[Octopuss]

Asian market can take any ridiculous crap.

 

[GhostRyder]

The thing that kills me is the backplate with two 60mm fans...I want to see one just because its so ridiculous (In person).

 

[btarunr]

You have to admit, though, that products like this show that the gap between GTX 960 and GTX 970 is too big.

 

[AsRock]

The thing that kills me is the backplate with two 60mm fans...I want to see one just because its so ridiculous (In person).

Yes on such a card too, how ever i always place a fan in the same place for years now just that it's a larger 120x12 or 120x25 fan as it removes so much heat from the card.

Be nice to see this kinda thing on higher end cards.

 

[ensabrenoir]

...I guess its just me....... I love stuff like this. Its like they told the designers......bring your fantasies....into reality..... where is colorful? Come on colorful...show them how its suppose to be done...and put like 10gigs of memory on it.

 

[Jstn7477]

I own the ZOTAC Amp Extreme GTX 980 and I don't even get backplate fans? Not that I really want them, but still rather silly.

 

[AsRock]

I own the ZOTAC Amp Extreme GTX 980 and I don't even get backplate fans? Not that I really want them, but still rather silly.

Well it would be much more useful on a 980, well a bigger fan too. I have seen some really nice temps from doing it even in a very well ventilated case.

 

[Valeriant]

My card's cooler does it job pretty well but not with the VRMs. So, I put a low-profile heatsink+fan on the backplate just above the VRM row and it does help dissipate the heat. Measuring with a thermostat probe on the PCB just the opposite of the VRM gives me a 8-9'C temperature drop. But this is with a 780, which have the VRMs on the card's near-side (relative to front-intake-fans). With 970, the VRMs are on the far-side and I only got 3-4'C drop. I guess, air-cooling is a bit finicky, depends on a lot of things.

 

[PLAfiller]

Dunno about the card, but I really like the fan idea. I wonder if I can replicate my own backplate with a stand for a 40mm fan on it.

 

[Caring1]

Dunno about the card, but I really like the fan idea. I wonder if I can replicate my own backplate with a stand for a 40mm fan on it.

I'd say if you counter sunk the screws and the head was on the PCB side of the back plate then it shouldn't be too hard.
Have the fan extracting heat up, instead of blowing down and it might actually help cooling.

 

[Ruru]

Most stupid design I've seen for a while. As already said, what the hell does such a low-power card need a monster cooler like that (with stupid mini fans)..

 

[AsRock]

I'd say if you counter sunk the screws and the head was on the PCB side of the back plate then it shouldn't be too hard.
Have the fan extracting heat up, instead of blowing down and it might actually help cooling.

Just don't try that without a back plate, works both ways btw although normally as cards i get don't have a backplate i put the fan blowing air towards the card as the other way you have the blades ripping the resisters and such of the card .

 

[erixx]

"Made for GTX960 3DMark competitions".

 

[john_]

I never buy a card with less than 6 fans.

 

[Casecutter]

You have to admit, though, that products like this show that the gap between GTX 960 and GTX 970 is too big.

Yep and buying into this is like... thinking you jump the Grand Canyon, by just running hard toward the edge with a bunch of useless crap strapped to you.

 

[dorsetknob]

One has to Ask

" DOES IT COIL WHINE "

 

[rtwjunkie]

One has to Ask

" DOES IT COIL WHINE "

I don't know as you could tell over all those fans!

 

[Raptor_i]

And the temps will be same as the reference just like his big brother .