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   #21. Posted at 11:11 AM on Nov 8th 2007 Edit   Reply
Kent_dieGo
I could only trust this product if it had full RMA support. With BFG, XFX, and eVGA they have life time warantee and more importantly, a US based RMA repair facility. These "return to place of purchase" companies are not the way to go with an expensive high failure rate component. The passive coolling is likely to double the failure rate.
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   #13. Posted at 08:34 PM on Oct 29th 2007 Edit   Reply
crabjokeman
Doesn't Sparkle make shoddy PSU's? (correct me if I'm wrong, but the name seems to conjure up bad associations in my brain)

I don't think I'd want something like this passively cooled anyway, even though I am a silence fanatic. I'll take a Thermalright HR-03 and the 92mm fan of my choice.
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#13, I have Sparkle PSU's circa 1997 still running today. They ju...  :  My Johnson  (#15)  «
#13, I'm getting rusty, but SPI = Sparkle = FSI = Fortron. Pretty ...  :  DrCR  (#16)  «
#13, Not shoddy, just cheap, as other posters have noted.  :  Forge  (#18)  «
#13, Not to pile-on, but I've had a couple Sparkle's, still runni...  :  ToeBot  (#20)  «

   #19. Posted at 08:53 AM on Oct 30th 2007 Edit   Reply
zqw
Hmmm, heatpipes! I wonder if they contain LIQUID!!
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   #11. Posted at 07:31 PM on Oct 29th 2007 Edit   Reply
Sargent Duck
My cats yawn. Does that count?
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#11, No.. not even u ;)  :  Jigar  (#17)  «

   #2. Posted at 05:29 PM on Oct 29th 2007 Edit   Reply
Sargent Duck
ooooohhhhhh, sparkly. Only quarlm I would have is that I've never heard of Sparkle before. How is their reputation? Do they use cheap arse parts? (caps and stuff). Are they established enough that they won't suddenly fold up shop?
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#2, They've been around a while, they just aren't a big player i...  :  Vrock  (#6)  «
#2, They're fairly big in the low-end power supply market and ha...  :  bthylafh  (#7)  «
#7, :o) Yes Sparkle are well established and that card looks ...  :  Austin  (#12)  «
#2, Only problem with that is that eVGA > all those companies.  :  Nitrodist  (#14)  «

   #3. Posted at 05:35 PM on Oct 29th 2007 Edit   Reply
Firestarter
For the record, I'd like to remind Cyril that cats can sneeze rather loudly :p
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#3, What was that? I couldn't hear you over my cats sneezing.  :  Vrock  (#4)  «

   #8. Posted at 06:25 PM on Oct 29th 2007 Edit   Reply
Saribro
Hmm, sounds like a potential upgrade to my passive 7600GS. Let's await prices and/or other brands.
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   #5. Posted at 05:43 PM on Oct 29th 2007 Edit   Reply
albundy
nicely done. wish NV and ATMD would make their GPUs a bit more power efficient.
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   #1. Posted at 05:12 PM on Oct 29th 2007 Edit   Reply
jobodaho
Another plus for this card.
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