Well, Swiftech just keeps on making everybody happy by releasing new products: this time, several cooling solutions for video adapters — a fullcover waterblock for ATI HD 5970 and radiators for ATI HD 5850 and HD 5870 VGAs.

Epsilon HD5970 fullcover waterblock is made of nickel platted copper and black acetal housing:

Epsilon HD5970

Epsilon HD5970 features:

  • Lower flow resistance:

Epsilon series flow rate chart

  • Better GPU cooling using pin matrix base:

Epsilon waterblock matrix base

  • Both GPUs, power elements I/O ICs, memory ICs and other critical areas are cooled for max OC
  • Copper nickel plated base of high-quality. Mounting hardware is made out of stainless steel. All thermal pads are already installed:

Pre-installed thermal pads

  • Fitting mounting holes are compatible with big-sized compression fittings, for QUAD-SLI/CROSSFIRE several water block connection is possible
  • Black anodized aluminium backplate:

Epsilon HD5970 backplate

Specification:

  • Base: chrome-plated copper C110 with a 0.6mm matrix
  • Housing: black acetal or clear acrylic
  • Threads: 1/4″ BSPP (G 1/4)
  • VGA element contact: TIM(GPU) and pre-installed thermal pads for memory and power elements
  • Dimensions: 243 mm (L) x 125 mm (W) x 9 mm (H*)
  • Weight: 949 g

ATI HD 5970 with waterblock installed:

Epsilon HD5970 & HD 5970

Clear polycarbonate housing (not available at the moment) shows the inner picture of water cooling:

Epsilon 5970 with acrylic housing

Manufacturer′s suggested retail price $169.95

ATI HD 5850 and HD 5870 radiators are made for VGA memory and power elements cooling while using universal GPU waterblock.
Each model has its own radiator — HD5850-HS for Radeon HD 5850 and HD5870-HS for Radeon HD 5870:

HD5850-HS & MCW60

HD5870-HS & MCW60

Inner picture of radiator

Specification

  • Material: black anodized aluminium
  • Dimensions: 210 mm (L) x 92 mm (W) x 18 mm (H)
  • Weight: 248 g
  • Cooling contact: thermal pads of high-performance

Manufacturer′s suggested retail price is $28.95 on both models.

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