ericc191
EVGA, are there any plans in the works to sell an ACX cooler for the Titan X?
 
I'm strongly debating on whether the Titan X or the 980 Ti will be the card to get. If there's an ACX cooler for the Titan X, that would help swing my vote. If not, I'm not sure I personally could live with the high fan RPMs required to cool it. Thanks.

You, sir, are exactly the kind of customer EVGA surely likes.

Why would you want to replace NVIDIA's best cooler which has a vapor chamber with an inferior cheap ACX cooler?

ty_ger07
Why would you want to replace NVIDIA's best cooler which has a vapor chamber with an inferior cheap ACX cooler?

While it may be "inferior" plastic, an aftermarket cooling solution like Evga's will keep the card far below its current 80-86c load temps. It's common sense, really.

ericc191

ty_ger07
Why would you want to replace NVIDIA's best cooler which has a vapor chamber with an inferior cheap ACX cooler?

While it may be "inferior" plastic, an aftermarket cooling solution like Evga's will keep the card far below its current 80-86c load temps. It's common sense, really.

It's not common sense at all. I also disagree with your numbers. How can you make such predictions? You compare the ACX's performance on a 185 watt TDP card to the NVIDIA cooler on a 250 watt TDP card and expect there to be some meaningful comparison based on theory alone?

EVGA's ACX cooler is inferior in my opinion. It is a simple design, not well engineered, and not as good in my opinion. It's not just the plastic which is cheap; the whole thing is cheap.

The ACX cooler dumps the heat into the inside of your computer's case and then recirculates that heated air. NVIDIA's cooler blows the heat outside of your case -- as it should. The reason EVGA uses the ACX for so many of its cards is because the ACX cooler is cheap. It's not because the ACX cooler is better.

The NVIDIA vapor chamber blower cooler is the best stock video card cooler ever made; hands down. In my opinion, it is better.

Ive always liked coolers that have radial fans (blower style) because it's more efficient, usually quieter, and looks awesome. My GTX 970 stays cool with the stock fan settings but it gets fairly loud compared to my old GTX 570. I know why aftetmarket coolers use axial fans like the ACX cooler, it's likely cheaper to produce and therefore more profit. What I dont understand is why its not an option for all GTX cards even when consumers are willing to pay a premium.

ty_ger07

It's not common sense at all. I also disagree with your numbers. How can you make such predictions? You compare the ACX's performance on a 185 watt TDP card to the NVIDIA cooler on a 250 watt TDP card and expect there to be some meaningful comparison based on theory alone?

EVGA's ACX cooler is inferior in my opinion. It is a simple design, not well engineered, and not as good in my opinion. It's not just the plastic which is cheap; the whole thing is cheap.

The ACX cooler dumps the heat into the inside of your computer's case and then recirculates that heated air. NVIDIA's cooler blows the heat outside of your case -- as it should. The reason EVGA uses the ACX for so many of its cards is because the ACX cooler is cheap. It's not because the ACX cooler is better.

The NVIDIA vapor chamber blower cooler is the best stock video card cooler ever made; hands down. In my opinion, it is better.

I previously owned a reference 780 Ti and returned it for a 780 Ti Classified. The TDP of that card is 250W. With the reference at 40% fan speed, it easily hit 81C. The Classified, on the other hand, stayed over 10C cooler with the same fan speed.

Sure, aftermarket coolers may be cheaper, but they work very well. Go look at the numerous reviews of the MANY aftermarket cooled GPUs. They often compare noise and temps to the reference designs.

Now when you want to run SLI configurations, I completely agree that a blower style cooler would be best, in most cases.

I also wouldn't even have asked this question if Evga hadn't already previously released an ACX cooler for the last Titan.

So, Jacob, are there any plans at all for something like that to happen again?

My Titan X idles at 24-27  and has Topped out at 68 degrees with a 71% fan speed. So Far..that game was crysis 3 all maxed out 2560x1440. Idle temps fan speeds are at stock 1900 rpm.

Most of these CLCs don't actually cover the RAM which is an issue.
 
The EVGA AIO is great because it simply bolts onto the existing faceplate of the stock cooler so we need one similar to the GTX 980 AIO for the Titan X.

I contacted Corsair so I'll Iet y'all know. I plan to try it if it's compatible.

"Created By: Arturo TS (3/30/2015 10:24 AM)
I do believe there will be a release, but we do not have any information as far as the release date goes."

That's all Corsair would tell me. Seems like it will come for the Titan X. :D