PowerColor Teases Its Passively Cooled Radeon HD 7850

[RedundantInk]

PowerColor has teased the Radeon HD 7850 SCS3, the first passively cooled HD 7850 that has come to market.

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[slomo4sho]

A 2GB version of this card would be great for a silent HTPC

 

[realibrad]

why would an HTPC want to use a card that powerful and that uses that much power?

 

[slomo4sho]

HTPCs make for great Steam boxes. My current set uses a HD 7850 and works great with a wireless xbox remote for gaming.

Also, the idle power on the 7850 is not that high.

 

[dalethepcman]

HTPC's are often used as gaming rigs, because gaming on the big screen is better for some games than on a small screen.

Having said that, HTPC cases would probably not have sufficient ventilation for one of these to function properly.

 

[Guest]

HD 7850 uses little power even for HTCP standards, ~100W under full load.

 

[loops]

Looks like you could grate cheese with it too. After that, put a lil bit of foil on there and make a grilled cheese sandwich.

 

[Cons29]

the cheese would probably melt. but seriously, i've only touched (literally) a few passively cooled gpu's and they are hot. so i cannot imagine having a mid range card passively cooled. the one i touched was even a low end one with big heatsink

 

[eklipz330]

i'd rather use that mini gtx 670 for an htpc. but for a silent computer? this one for sure

 

[glitch20]

this will work no doubt i have the oc edition ver & i have a max oc of 1050mhz not exceeding 78 degrees even though its summer here .

 

[salgado18]

Hey Tom's! If this card has a passive cooler, it means it's very efficient at dissipating heat. Which means that, if we install some fans on it, or blowing directly over it, overclocking could be very good.

Could you test that?

 

[Guest]

From the pic, it looks like a single slot, yet it still requires 2 slots. I wonder if it needs it as a vent.

 

[Guest]

i just fount me a new stove

 

[nukemaster]

My poor 650 ti in my media center feels old now.... well not for real. The MSI cyclone II cooler is very quiet.

This things height would make it a no go in some cases as well.