
Last summer, Sapphire released
a Radeon X1900 XTX
graphics card outfitted with a liquid cooling module derived from
Thermaltake's Tide Water. The folks at Asus apparently thought this was a pretty
good idea, because they've decided to introduce
a GeForce
8800 GTX graphics card that seems to include an unmodified Tide Water module.
The card, which Asus baptized EN8800GTX AquaTank/HTDP/768M, is factory
"overclocked" from the stock 575MHz core clock, 1350MHz shader clock, and 900MHz
memory clock to an impressive 630MHz/1458MHz/1030MHz. Despite these
higher-than-stock speeds, Asus says the card's liquid cooler helps it run 12°C
cooler than generic GeForce 8800 GTX models. The EN8800GTX AquaTank/HTDP/768M
takes up four PCI/PCI Express slots, though, so enthusiasts might have to
sacrifice their sound card or other adapters for the privilege.