[CUBE] Apple replacement GF2-card with SMALL heatsink!

[mentholiptus]

On Tuesday, November 26, 2002, at 05:35 PM, Laurie A Duncan wrote:

> Nope, not a mistake. The GF2 with the monster heatsink was an early 
> rev of
> the card. Subsequent Cube cards all had the smaller heatsink - 
> although I am
> not sure why.

So yeah....who knows.

Do the small heatsinks fins allow air to flow upward, or do they go 
sideways. If they point upward (for better convection cooling) then 
it's most likely by design....but if they go sideways...then that's 
kind of a ghetto choice on someone's behalf. (Not that it won't work 
OK, but it would seem if apple intended for the card to be in a cube, 
they would at least flip the 'sink to allow for better airflow...if for 
no other reason than paranoia that it *could* someday pose a problem)


jesse




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