your thoughts on Nvidia/AMD reference coolers?

[asim1999]

What do you think of their reference coolers.

Me personally, i love the 980 stock cooler ( actually running one in my rig). i hate the AMD air coolers on the 290 sereis cards as hey were hot and loud. i do like the 295x2 hybrid cooler and the fact that they will use it again on the 390X

so what are your thoughts on reference cards?

[Interfectorem]

AMD reference coolers are pretty bad. NVidia reference coolers have great build quality and looks, but don't perform that well. Also, I don't think they're using the hybrid coolers on the R9 300 series, just a blower style from the looks of it. They're good if you're going to watercool in the future.

 

EDIT: Nevermind, they are apparently using hybrid cooling. Interesting.

[Mr.Reggin]

What do you think of their reference coolers.

Me personally, i love the 980 stock cooler ( actually running one in my rig). i hate the AMD air coolers on the 290 sereis cards as hey were hot and loud. i do like the 295x2 hybrid cooler and the fact that they will use it again on the 390X

so what are your thoughts on reference cards?

on amd its not the  cooler, its their TDP, Nvidia GPU's are more efficient

[Guest]

There's not much to say.

The Maxwell reference cooler is adequate and the Hawaii reference cooler isn't.

As for the 295x2 hybrid, I'm not sure. I don't like the idea of having water in my system, but closed loop coolers have proved to be reliable and from everything I've read it does perform really well, so maybe there's nothing to worry about.

[Guest]

on amd its not the  cooler, its their TDP, Nvidia GPU's are more efficient

Well, the cooler has to cope with the TDP. If it doesn't, it's bad.

[asim1999]

why do ppl buy the stock AMD cards then?

[Interfectorem]

on amd its not the  cooler, its their TDP, Nvidia GPU's are more efficient

It's definitely the cooler.

 

 

Look at that piece of garbage. 

[TheMcSame]

why do ppl buy the stock AMD cards then?

It's easier to find water blocks for reference PCBs.

[Interfectorem]

why do ppl buy the stock AMD cards then?

Because they may want to watercool down the road.

[Hatsune Miku 「 」]

Because they may want to watercool down the road.

Such as with corsiar's HG10 designed especially for amd cards, though it might be a little late.

[Doldey123]

Neither amd or nvidias stock cooling is great but you can always use something like the nzxt kraken watercooling braket or the new corsair one as well for the price of a custom fan/pcb card

[asim1999]

It's definitely the cooler.

 

 

Look at that piece of garbage. 

lol that fan looks like a toy one that you find in the trash lol

[ImBleu]

The GTX Titan (and 770,780,780Ti,980 etc) and the R9 295x2 both have sexy coolers. The other Radeon coolers are kinda cheap and nasty. I'd get a reference nvidia card if it werent for no matching parts

[Rheinwasser]

i prefer the nvidia cooler as well.

and i looks awesome.

[thatguyjerry]

I really wish I could give AMD more props than they deserve, but sadly, when I look at this....

 

 

 

 

I just get so angry  :angry:

[asim1999]

why do AMD cards run at 95 degrees? have u ever had one overheat or fail ?

[7850OC]

 

why do AMD cards run at 95 degrees? have u ever had one overheat or fail ?

 

nope, just for test how much can she take 

 

i super overclock my 7850 and rise the temps at 110º :lol:

 

and she still work perfect  B)

 

 

 

the point is... the cards can take the heat (the AMD cards at least) 

 

and this days, normal temps (on heavy gaming) are 80º 

 

and the new drivers work awesome by the way 

 

 

 

(i love my 7850)  :wub:

 

PD - don't forget that this is an "old" old old 1s gen 7850 (with old termals and dust lol) 

[Bhav]

It's definitely the cooler.

 

 

Look at that piece of garbage.

See the heatsink looks fine to me if its a vapour chamber, the issue is wth kind of crappy fan is that?

[Interfectorem]

See the heatsink looks fine to me if its a vapour chamber, the issue is wth kind of crappy fan is that?

Even if it was a vapor chamber, it's still a very small chunk of aluminum fin arrays, it's just too little for that monster of a hot GPU.

[Snadzies]

AMD - Ugly

 

Nvidia - Sexy as hell

 

I still wouldn't get a reference cooler from Nvidia, though.

I value quiet operations more than anything and aftermarket coolers win on that front.

[Victor Yiu]

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[binman13]

I find it hilarious that people are criticisng the design of the AMD card with the fan placement and fin array setup without realising that nVidia's reference cooler is exactly the same...

http://www.overclock.net/content/type/61/id/1686598/width/500/height/1000/flags/LL

[GloriousPain]

You shouldn't use reference coolers,  There are reference PCBS with different coolers(if you're looking to watercool), just my opinion and on the AMD vs Nvidia topic everyone please look at older reference coolers, Nvidia has had some sucktacular coolers too...

[asim1999]

sucktacular: u mean the 480 and the FX 5800?

[KamiKatze]

The nvidia reference cooler looks fugly. It's silver-ish like those cheap 20 dollar cases that couldn't afford a painting on the inside. Also nvidia, please finally put RGB LEDs in there, green is cool i guess but it just doesn't match every build and i don't want to break my warranty just to change such an obsolete litte thing.

 

The backplate they include since Maxwell is also ridiculous, it looks like the cheapest plastic that you could imagine and the lines that are drawn on the back just look irritating. Nvidia, stopo it, it's time to move on.

 

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Edit: the GTX 580 reference cooler looks good imo, at least without all the junk stickers on.