14 DAY TRIAL // Once again, a new cooling solution has been developed, this time a waterblock that Koolance came up with specifically for a certain pair of video cards that Advanced Micro Devices revealed just a while ago.
The Radeon HD 6970 and HD 6950 from Advanced Micro Devices became available at the middle of December.
For those in need of a reminder, the cards are based on AMD's Cayman GPU and are its newest high-end devices.
They do not exactly match NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 580 but they do put up a strong fight against the more recent GTX 570 (both powered by the GF110).
Still, in just a few days, they were adopted by several system builders and even customized, to differing degrees, by its various manufacturing partners.
Many of those cards stuck to the overall reference design and even those that had factory overclocking often held onto the same cooling module.
Some of them, of course, used their maker's own cooling device and other assets, like Military Class components (MSI).
Even fewer, however, went for watercooling, which is not so surprising considering the extra cost that implies.
There is also the fact that enthusiasts sometimes want more control over what they equip their computer parts with, and Koolance decided to build on that preference.
What the company did was come up with a waterblock designed for the two newcomers, one whose name is VID-AR697.
It is a full-cover version made of copper and which boasts a nickel plating, in addition to a high-performance microfin (0.5mm) design.
It measures 15.9 x 14.6 x 1.6 cm, weighs a total of 680 grams and can already be purchased form it's maker's official website.
Those interested in it need only go here and be willing to part with $114.99. The product bundle includes G ¼ threads.