Any computer enthusiast or hard core gamer will tell you that heat is the enemy of performance. This is especially true when you start overclocking your CPU and GPU looking for added performance. Those really into overclocking look to liquid cooling or even more exotic methods for their computers. CoolIT has announced a new universal liquid cooling system for AMD video cards called the OMNI.
CoolIT Systems have announced a low-cost water-cooling setup, promising plug & play installation for just $79. The Domino Advanced Liquid Cooling (ALC) is compatible with both Intel and AMD processors including Intel’s next-gen Nehalem-based Core i7, is “whisper quiet” and has an integrated LCD display with audio alerts should something go wrong.
Back when they announced their Dual Drive Bay VGA cooling system for ATI’s storming HD 4870 X2, CoolIT CEO Geoff Lyon told us that by using the liquid-cooled setup they’d managed to overclock the video card by over ten percent. We’re sceptical by nature here at SlashGear, though, and so CoolIT have released a video demonstrating their setup.
Check out the CoolIT demo video after the cut
CoolIT is launching the MTEC Docking Station for Intel Core 2 Extreme Mobile processor-based laptops today at IDF. This docking station is more than average, giving a 40 watt cooling boost to your laptop, resulting in a decrease in temperature by 10 degrees.
They may not be the first liquid cooling system for the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 that we’ve seen – Asetek’s setup yesterday beat them to it – but CoolIT’s does have the bonus of being marketed to consumers not just OEMs. CoolIT worked with AMD to develop a liquid cooling system that would make overclocking the X2 both straightforward and stable; in fact, they can push the GPU up 13.5-percent, and the memory up by almost the same amount.
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