MasterShazbot
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I've been thinking about this idea for some time, and it might work. Than again, it might not, but it would make an interesting experiment.
With today's new video cards, size and heat are two very nasty problems new video cards will have to deal with.
The external video card would allow very, very hot cards, like the 6800 series, to run at very cool temperatures. It would achieve this by using a very large number of fans, copper heat pipes, and any other device that could help keep a card cool.
The card, in this case, a 6800 ultra, would sit inside of a mount at the center of the case. An external AGP or PCI cable would plug into the card, and into the mobo, like a harddrive or CD-rom. Inside the box, which has glass panels held toghether with aluminum, there are a lot of copper heatpipes absorbing the heat from the video card. Fans all over the case would pump cool air in, and suck hot air out. The case would have its own psu to power the card and the fans.
Using this system, you could have a video card any size and shape, and have it run at ridiculously high speeds due to the massive cooling system.
It would look kind of stupid, having a video card in a box ontop of your desktop with a cable running out of it and into the desktop, but it would save you a ton of mobo space and it would keep your card very cool.
I actaully did something LIKE this a long time ago with a harddrive. The desktop was a TINY one, and the HD was too big to fit in it, so I had to cut a hole in the side and have the HD sit ontop of the desktop's side.
That's all.
With today's new video cards, size and heat are two very nasty problems new video cards will have to deal with.
The external video card would allow very, very hot cards, like the 6800 series, to run at very cool temperatures. It would achieve this by using a very large number of fans, copper heat pipes, and any other device that could help keep a card cool.
The card, in this case, a 6800 ultra, would sit inside of a mount at the center of the case. An external AGP or PCI cable would plug into the card, and into the mobo, like a harddrive or CD-rom. Inside the box, which has glass panels held toghether with aluminum, there are a lot of copper heatpipes absorbing the heat from the video card. Fans all over the case would pump cool air in, and suck hot air out. The case would have its own psu to power the card and the fans.
Using this system, you could have a video card any size and shape, and have it run at ridiculously high speeds due to the massive cooling system.
It would look kind of stupid, having a video card in a box ontop of your desktop with a cable running out of it and into the desktop, but it would save you a ton of mobo space and it would keep your card very cool.
I actaully did something LIKE this a long time ago with a harddrive. The desktop was a TINY one, and the HD was too big to fit in it, so I had to cut a hole in the side and have the HD sit ontop of the desktop's side.
That's all.
