The GTX680 is Nvidia's powerful single-core graphics card. GeForce
refers to a brand of graphics processing units (GPUs) designed by
Nvidia. In March it was announced that the first chip based on the
Kepler architecture was hitting the market, aboard a new graphics card
called the GeForce GTX 680.
The passively cooled GeForce GTX 680 model uses 20 heatpipes and two
aluminum heatsinks. Colorful claims this is the first zero-noise GTX 680
solution.
Colorful is considered one of Nvidia's most important board partners
in Asia. Established in 1995, Colorful conducts research, designs,
manufactures, and sells consumer graphics cards. Those familiar with
Colorful regard it as a company that frequently comes up with surprises.
One such description is that Colorful is “an unorthodox producer of Nvidia
cards,” according to PC reviews site, HEXUS. A Singapore-based
technology site refers to Colorful as making “some of the most
outrageous and over-the-top graphics cards you will find.”
Colorful‘s “cooled” solution has 20 heatpipes combined with 280
aluminum fins. In reviewing the announcement, a note of concern was
struck over the fact that Colorful has not yet mentioned clock speeds.
Geek.com wonders if they might have underclocked the GPU to help keep
temperatures to a minimum. “If it hasn’t been underclocked, then it may
be a card worth keeping an eye out for,” said the report. The
techPowerup site said that the design guarantees reliable silent
operation at reference clock speeds or mild overclocking.
There has been no price or release date announced; Colorful is said to be still assessing the marketability of the design.
When Colorful first showed off the iGame card at Computex
2012 in Taipei earlier this month, the product was described as “iGame
GeForce GTX 680 Silent” and drew prompt attention as a card that relies
completely on passive cooling, not a fan,.
This is not the first time, however, that a manufacturer has achieved
a passively cooled graphics card, and more competition is likely to
emerge sooner than later, under different partnerships. Sapphire
announced in early June that it had come up with its new passively
cooled Radeon HD 7770 card. Like the Colorful entry, this does not use a
fan but instead dissipates heat via a “heatspreader.” Sapphire partners
with AMD.
From phys.org
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