Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., November 13, 2002 -
Hardware enthusiasts everywhere have been rejoicing ever since the introduction
of the ABIT Siluro GF4 Ti4200 featuring the OTES cooling system. With OTES, ABIT
has designed a cooling system that delivers what people have come to expect from
ABIT: second-to-none performance. Active Hardware took a look at the Siluro GF4
Ti4200 OTES and found it worthy of their "highest award and recommendations":
the Top Grade Hardware Award.
Active Hardware took the time to explain how OTES manages to keep things so
cool: "In this case, a thermal collector has been mounted on the surface of the
GPU; what is essentially a heat pipe filled with liquid refrigerant. This liquid
circulates through the unit, collecting heat, until it reaches its boiling
point. Once that transition takes place, the vapor rises to a cooling-unit which
extracts the excess heat, thus condensing the vapor back into a liquid, which
recirculates in the heat pipes -- thus closing the continuous cycle."
If stability is what you're after, OTES is the solution you've been looking for:
"As for ease-of-operation, the Siluro OTES handled itself remarkably well --
even under circumstances in which it was intensely Overclocked for long
stretches of time. To its credit, even under our rigorous conditions, we never
saw a single artifact, or screen lock-up."
The conclusion? "The ABIT Siluro OTES Ti4200 is a killer card, no matter which
way you look at it. Its unique design not only allows it to obtain impressive
levels of performance, but may also make it a collector's item in its own right;
the OTES cooling system isn't found anywhere else. Lets you think otherwise
though, not only is the OTES system pretty, but it also has a lot of muscle…In
short, the ABIT Siluro OTES Ti4200 is worth every dollar, and so we're happy to
give it both our highest award, and recommendations."
For the full verdict and review, click here:
http://active-hardware.com/english/reviews/video/siluro-otes-ti4200.htm
For more information on the Siluro GF4 Ti4200 OTES,
click here.
For more information on ABIT and other ABIT Engineered products, click here:
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