Today appeared the first photos of the graphics accelerator GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 680 SuperOverclock, equipped with cooling system WindForce 5X.
While most modern video cards fans are parallel to the PCB, new cooler WindForce 5X has five 40-mm fans (which are commonly used in rack-servers), perpendicular to the card.
There are two possibilities: either the fans will create a directional flow of air that will pass through the radiator, or pulling hot air from the radiator outside the case, which will not affect the components of the motherboard. Cover cooler is made of aluminum. The model is longer and wider than the reference sample and takes three expansion slots in the PC.