Indeed. It does seem slow.
With my F3's in RAID 0 on my P5Q-E, the small (~100 GB) slice gets around 310 MB/s in HDTach. With 4x WD Blacks I would've expected something around 500 MB/s, at least.
I think the 8800GT's stock RAM speed is 900 MHz (1.8 GHz DDR), not a 1 GHz like you stated in the review.
Either that, or I misread the whole sentence.
Well, yes. But there are hundreds of other videocards with a single PCB, which can be watercooled. That way you would end up not loosing any SATA ports.
Anyway, I said the placement was interesting, not good. :p
Well, I'm specially interested in the X48's thermals. With that alu heatsink, I'd bet it will get really hot.
The SATA ports placement is interesting, I have to admit.
I just want to say: Accelero S1 rules. It's unbelievable.
I got mine today (finally) and installed it.
Temps with stock cooling were around ~55ºC idle - ~75ºC load (ambient temp ~25ºC).
Now, ~35ºC idle - ~45ºC load, same ambient temp. It's just amazing. :D
I do have a 120 mm AC fan @ 5v...