With ASUS Silent Cool Technology, users can now enjoy high-performance graphics card applications without hearing the noisy cooling fan rotation,. said Kent Chien, Director of ASUS Graphics Business.

According to ASUS press release the Silent Cool Technology incorporates the large heat sink design, which significantly increases heat exchange area for absorbing heat away from the GPU. The hidden heat pipe and stacked fins, both made of copper (a very effective heat conductor), then conduct heat away from the heat sink for fast heat dissipation. Silent Cool is similar to technologies used in processor coolers, and reduces GPU temperature by 40. C compared with thermal solutions for competing graphics cards.

The stacked copper fins are designed to rotate 90 degree. Depending on the locations of critical components such as the CPU, mosfets or capacitors etc., users can rotate the fins away from these areas for optimal heat dissipation. An additional cooling module attached to the heat sink and extends to the exterior of the PC further lowers GPU temperature by another 6. C.

Currently, Silent Cool is available on ASUS Extreme N6600GT Silencer graphics card. More ASUS graphics solutions will implement this exclusive technology.