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Will Sapphire put a Vapor-X cooler on a Radeon 4870?
Everywhere i looked i saw great reviews of Sapphire's Vapor-X technology on their 3870... i was enthusiastic about getting one and learned that the new line of radeons would be out soon, now they've debuted but i have yet to see or hear anything about Sapphire using their Vapor-X cooling system. I just think it's retarded to go about buying 4 video cards for "Quad-Fire" if they're all dual-slot coolers. I would like a single slot option on a radeon 4870. Does anyone know who produce one?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
At present time I don't believe there are any single-slot HD 4870s. Undoubtedly some will show up in time, as their will be a demand for them and some vendors will be willing to provide. Whether or not it will use the Vapor-X technology, I don't know, but rest assured there will be single slot coolers on some models soon.
And as for the impracticality of using quadfire with dual-slot cooled cards, hell, quadfire is flat-out impractical to begin with, regardless of how big the cards are. Most games show no improvement at all beyond two-card Crossfire, and many games show a DECREASE in performance when three or four cards are enabled. This is undoubtedly due to ATI's lack of substantial drivers for CrossFireX.
But, yeah, just wait, there'll be single-slot 4870s in time.
Source(s): 7 years of professional PC building/using experience.