EK announces waterblock for Radeon Pro Duo

[asim1999]

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EK is ready with it’s custom water-block for Radeon Pro Duo.

EK announces Radeon Pro Duo waterblock

EK has confirmed that Pro Duo waterblock is ready. This happens before this dual-Fiji graphics monster is even released (official launch is tomorrow). You will now be able replace your unique water cooling system designed specifically for this card with water block made by EK.

The question is: is it really worth it? First we need to know how good is the reference cooling solution by CoolerMaster. If it’s enough to sustain stable clocks, then I’m afraid this waterblock will only be used by those who are after highest possible performance.

Plus, it looks like the card will be single slot with the waterblock (of course you will have to install a difference PCI bracket on the card)

 

Source: http://videocardz.com/59305/ekwb-announces-amd-radeon-pro-duo-water-block

[The Benjamins]

ITS SINGLE SLOT.

put 2 in a ITX case with a PCIe Spliter

 

[awesomeness10120]

9 minutes ago, The Benjamins said:

ITS SINGLE SLOT.

put 2 in a ITX case with a PCIe Spliter

 

WANT 

[ThinkWithPortals]

11 minutes ago, The Benjamins said:

ITS SINGLE SLOT.

put 2 in a ITX case with a PCIe Spliter

 

It must be done! Quad SLI in a shoebox!

[spwath]

4 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

It must be done! Quad SLI in a shoebox!

*crossfire

[captain cactus]

 

25 minutes ago, The Benjamins said:

ITS SINGLE SLOT.

put 2 in a ITX case with a PCIe Spliter

 

@LinusTech, please do this.

[Lurick]

9 minutes ago, spwath said:

*crossfire

Don't be angry because he can put Radeon cards into SLI mode and you can't.

[patrickjp93]

24 minutes ago, The Benjamins said:

ITS SINGLE SLOT.

put 2 in a ITX case with a PCIe Spliter

 

I mean, I know you CAN give just 4 lanes to an AMD GPU and XFire it, but that doesn't mean you SHOULD.

[ThinkWithPortals]

13 minutes ago, spwath said:

*crossfire

I'll find a way to SLI AMD cards! Just to add to the insanity of the build!

[The Benjamins]

6 minutes ago, patrickjp93 said:

I mean, I know you CAN give just 4 lanes to an AMD GPU and XFire it, but that doesn't mean you SHOULD.

If I remember correctly 4x of PCIe 3.0 should be fine. but also to cool it you would need at minimum 3 120mm rads for 2 gpu's and a cpu. also splitting PCIe requires a riser card so you may need a custom case to work around it. I never thought this was smart, just some thing possible.

 

I personally want to make a small ITX case that could fit 1 180mm rad, 2 R9 Nanos on a ITX Mobo but I dont have the money to throw at it.

[patrickjp93]

16 minutes ago, The Benjamins said:

If I remember correctly 4x of PCIe 3.0 should be fine. but also to cool it you would need at minimum 3 120mm rads for 2 gpu's and a cpu. also splitting PCIe requires a riser card so you may need a custom case to work around it. I never thought this was smart, just some thing possible.

 

I personally want to make a small ITX case that could fit 1 180mm rad, 2 R9 Nanos on a ITX Mobo but I dont have the money to throw at it.

Or you just get 2 80mm thick Alphacool Monstas or you get the HardwareLabs Black Ice GTX Nemesis and you hook up a couple 2150 RPM Gentle Typhoons courtesy of Dazmode from either his site or PerformancePCs.

[Prysin]

1 hour ago, asim1999 said:

Plus, it looks like the card will be single slot with the waterblock (of course you will have to install a difference PCI bracket on the card)

 

Source: http://videocardz.com/59305/ekwb-announces-amd-radeon-pro-duo-water-block

OFC its worth it. It has active water VRM cooling that WILL be better then the stock water cooling solution.

[Bensemus]

3 minutes ago, Prysin said:

OFC its worth it. It has active water VRM cooling that WILL be better then the stock water cooling solution.

The Fury X had it's vrm watercooled didn't it? So AMD might cool them in this card too using the same copper pipe technique they used on the Fury X.

[Prysin]

2 minutes ago, Bensemus said:

The Fury X had it's vrm watercooled didn't it? So AMD might cool them in this card too using the same copper pipe technique they used on the Fury X.

yes, but not THAT effectively cooled. This block feature a much wider area to be cooled.

[Misanthrope]

1 hour ago, The Benjamins said:

ITS SINGLE SLOT.

put 2 in a ITX case with a PCIe Spliter

 

Not many support a card that long, a 120 rad and some sort of pump/reservoir. In fact most that would accommodate all that are like mini tower sized anyway. I think ITX rigs should be a lot smaller but that's just me.

[Lethal Seraph]

2 hours ago, spwath said:

*crossfire

It's SLI technology, isn't crossfire just made up by AMD to be gimmicky?

[spwath]

18 minutes ago, Lethal Seraph said:

It's SLI technology, isn't crossfire just made up by AMD to be gimmicky?

No.

Sli is nvidia, crossfire is amd. They are different. Crossfire is not sli. Sli is an nvidia thing. Crossfire is the amd equivalent.

[Doobeedoo]

Looks sleek  Love it

[goodtofufriday]

Am I the only one that doesn't like clear water blocks? I think they are ugly as hell.

[Lethal Seraph]

5 hours ago, spwath said:

No.

Sli is nvidia, crossfire is amd. They are different. Crossfire is not sli. Sli is an nvidia thing. Crossfire is the amd equivalent.

Yeah I know that. I've read somewhere it's what the tech itself is named.

[Mushious]

4 minutes ago, Lethal Seraph said:

Yeah I know that. I've read somewhere it's what the tech itself is named.

Whatever you read was wrong. They are two completely different ways of tackling the same end result.

[asim1999]

5 hours ago, Mushious said:

Whatever you read was wrong. They are two completely different ways of tackling the same end result.

True, SLI uses a bridge wheras modern crossfire uses PCI Express

They used to be a lot more similar than they are now 

[Fetzie]

12 hours ago, Lethal Seraph said:

Yeah I know that. I've read somewhere it's what the tech itself is named.

The way CrossFireX and SLI work is fundamentally different.

[SirSquid]

On 4/23/2016 at 1:53 PM, The Benjamins said:

ITS SINGLE SLOT.

put 2 in a ITX case with a PCIe Spliter

 

ITX boards with dual  PCIE slots are called mini dtx.

 

edit also PCIE Splitter actually don't split the signal so your motherboard has to support it and only a small amount of server motherboards support it.

[The Benjamins]

5 hours ago, SirSquid said:

ITX boards with dual  PCIE slots are called mini dtx.

 

edit also PCIE Splitter actually don't split the signal so your motherboard has to support it and only a small amount of server motherboards support it.

Yes I know all that, I just see the point in putting all that in for a post about the funny factor. the X99 ITX board from asrock has it and a lot skylake boards have it too.