GeForce 7950 GT Launches With Passive Cooling

An anonymous reader writes "NVIDIA's GeForce 7950 GT comes with great performance at an attractive $299/£225 launch price. Incredibly, XFX's pre-overclocked card comes with a passive cooling solution. From the article: 'There is no doubting that NVIDIA's GeForce 7950 GT is faster and cheaper than the GeForce 7900 GT that launched at the same price point earlier in the year. There is a lot to like about the product, and there is even more to like about XFX's implementation. It's generally a match for ATI's Radeon X1900XT 512MB in popular games.'"

Oh good!

[mrchaotica]

Now I can fry eggs on the heatsink without the fan splattering yolk everywhere! : )

Pre-Overclocked?

[YourMissionForToday]

That pre-overclocked card will go great with my pre-opened mayonnaise and acid washed jeans! and my OOPS! ALL BERRIES! Cap'n Crunch.

maybe I missed something

[linuxpng]

or maybe I don't know what 'passive' means but I see a fan on the card.

Re:Video card related question

[gEvil (beta)]

But, beyond the stupid geek factor, what would be the point?

Derrr, to free up the CPU for software rendering?

Re:price

[Babbster]

Don't worry. The next time there's a discussion about "the death of PC gaming" there will be a dozen people telling us all about how you can make a PC gaming rig for less than the cost of a PS3. :)

Re:Oh good!

[straponego]

for people not familiar with degrees Celsius
The word you're searching for is "Americans"...

USA USA USA

[NotQuiteReal]

Of course we have 110C coffee here! We invented pressurized coffee cups just for that purpose!

We blast super heated coffee right down our throats, it's a real waker-upper in the morning, while driving giant SUV's down the highway and yaking on our cell phones!. Doesn't everyone like it HOT?

Foreign whimps.

Re:price

[ne0n]

Wern't we just complaining about the $250 Wii console this morning. And now applauding a $299 graphic card as affordable.

I guess gaming cards are like women: affordable != attractive.