Galaxy has just released a special edition, overclocked version of the GeForce GTX 470, that features a fan that allows easy access to the heatsink. This is an incredibly useful feature and one I would pay to have on any graphics card, especially these high performance cards.
With high performance cards frequently touching, or even exceeding, 90ºC in graphics loads, regular cleaning of the heatsinks allows the card to keep running below the threshold temperature at which the driver starts to underclock the GPU and hence lowering performance - besides the obvious increase in useful lifespan of the device. Dust is one of the more common causes for failures on both CPUs and GPUs.
Read on for specs.
The card is not massively overclocked but does add an extra bit of performance to the table:
Besides the unique fan setup, the card also features three digital outputs, although unlike with AMD's Radeon HD 5000 series, you can only drive two displays with this card.
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