EVGA claims great temperatures for its watercooled GeForce GTX 4x0 cards
To hype up its GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470 Hydro Copper cards, EVGA has provided some pictures of the waterblock they use and offered some temperature results that are really enticing. According to EVGA, the maximum recorded GPU temperature on the stock GTX 470 was of 83 degrees Celsius, while the Hydro Copper model only reached 38 degrees. As for the GTX 480, the reference model went up to 95 degrees but the watercooled card topped 49 degrees Celsius. No details were given out regarding the configuration used for testing but even so, the numbers look very good.
The GeForce GTX 470 Hydro Copper FTW features GPU/shader/memory clocks of 650/1300/3402 MHz and costs $500, while the GTX 480 Hydro Copper FTW comes with 750/1500/3800 MHz frequencies and a $650 price tag. The cards are not yet available for orders though.
