The idea that somebody should pay an extra £150 for a horrible bulky AIO hybrid card or hundreds for a custom water loop in lieu of paying an extra £25 for a better air cooler is complete nonsense. Having owned many, many (many) graphics cards, there is a huge gap between the best and worst air coolers, both in terms of temperatures and acoustics. Paying more doesn't always get you something better, but it usually does when comparing the very cheapest models on the market to the ones slightly above them.

To use this specific example, the Dual model uses a much smaller heatsink and cheaper, smaller fans (90mm vs 100mm) which don't stop when the card is idle (despite that feature being advertised on the product page and Palit's own site). It also reportedly gets bit noisier than the larger JetStream/GameRock models under load, which are considered the quietest cards on the market full stop. It also lacks direct cooling for the memory chips and a backplate, as well as using a cheaper, smaller PCB. Although the benefits of any of those things can be debated.

Personally, if I was spending £350 on a graphics card anyway, I'd pay the extra £25 and get the GameRock model for the quieter operation both at idle and at load alone. Others may not care and be happy to save any money they can. That's up them I suppose.

Do you mean this? >>http://forums.hexus.net/graphics-cards/204247-graphics-card-warranties-lets-see-how-good-they-really-look.html

2011 is just the original date I created the post. I update it every 3 to 6 months, the last time I updated it was 30th August 2016 as shown at the bottom of the original post, so it's very up to date. :wink:

Scan are abit crap when it comes to RMA process, especially graphics cards. Scan will most likely ship it off to Hong Kong and forget about it. If you haven't received it back from repair/replacement within 28 days, you can chase them up and they will most likely offer you a similar product or the value divded by how much warranty is left. So as an example of 12 months left: 349.99 / 24 * 12 = £174.99 payable back to you.

I think this is a good deal, so gave it heat. By the way, don't let what I mentioned above put you off buying this card, it's a really good deal. Chances are, a graphics card will most likely malfunction within the first 28 days of use, if that happens you will be well within your rights to request a brand new replacement or a full refund.

I usually stick to EVGA, Gigabyte or MSI, but as shown below the best warranties offered are by the ones in Green. Depends how much you value cost over warranty.

Looks like it is just a different fan cooling system - not convinced it's worth an extra £40 just to have fans that turn in different directions though:
"The 1070 JetStream graphics card features dual fans that rotate in opposite ditrections. This 10CM-10CM Smart Fan system roatates the adjacent fans in different directions to reduce airflow conflicts in the 1070, and effectively improving the overall cooling performance. "

The smelling pistakes are quoted directly from the Scan site!

If you're going to pay more for better cooling you may as well go the whole hog and get a water-cooled card.

Great deal. for only £100 more than most 1060s and you get a new game. Free delivery on your chosen day is a bonus. Thanks.

Does anyone know what the difference between this and the Jetstream version is? (£390)

[edit] Seems to be cooler size

Looks like it is just a different fan cooling system - not convinced it's worth an extra £40 just to have fans that turn in different directions though:
"The 1070 JetStream graphics card features dual fans that rotate in opposite ditrections. This 10CM-10CM Smart Fan system roatates the adjacent fans in different directions to reduce airflow conflicts in the 1070, and effectively improving the overall cooling performance. "

The smelling pistakes are quoted directly from the Scan site!

If you're going to pay more for better cooling you may as well go the whole hog and get a water-cooled card.

I got this from amazon.. minus the gears of war and for more.. card is great runs nearly silent!! I'm probably going to return my amazon card and re buy

The idea that somebody should pay an extra £150 for a horrible bulky AIO hybrid card or hundreds for a custom water loop in lieu of paying an extra £25 for a better air cooler is complete nonsense. Having owned many, many (many) graphics cards, there is a huge gap between the best and worst air coolers, both in terms of temperatures and acoustics. Paying more doesn't always get you something better, but it usually does when comparing the very cheapest models on the market to the ones slightly above them.

To use this specific example, the Dual model uses a much smaller heatsink and cheaper, smaller fans (90mm vs 100mm) which don't stop when the card is idle (despite that feature being advertised on the product page and Palit's own site). It also reportedly gets bit noisier than the larger JetStream/GameRock models under load, which are considered the quietest cards on the market full stop. It also lacks direct cooling for the memory chips and a backplate, as well as using a cheaper, smaller PCB. Although the benefits of any of those things can be debated.

Personally, if I was spending £350 on a graphics card anyway, I'd pay the extra £25 and get the GameRock model for the quieter operation both at idle and at load alone. Others may not care and be happy to save any money they can. That's up them I suppose.

​gamerock is wider won't fit all cases... it's 2.5 slots. I recommend the above

Does anyone have any experience with having to RMA a card to Palit? From what I could find they don't have a RMA centre in UK. How does the warranty work for Palit cards?

is this a blower?