Nvidia, anyone?

[AKA_Tenn]

Originally Posted by Qpassa

Yeah,thats a joke,but this is real :S

lol thats damn funny, question tho... can't a card be designed to run at higher temps? or is a given rule that hardware has to be below a certain "acceptable" temperature no matter what its was designed to take?

Edit: I use a HD5850, so temperature problems aren't really a problem, just curiousity is the problem

[Flanker35M]

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There are certain thresholds electronics and such can take. Looking at the fighterplane equipment, the cooling mechanism is VERY efficient and even more so if the equipment is sensitive to overheat, like a computer array would be for example.

[Skoshi Tiger]

The higher the temperatures the higher the resistance, the more power required to make it work. If the temps get too high they stop working.

It's a bit of a vicious circle. In general cooler is better.

[Flanker35M]

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The addy told a lot but this graph even more

[Qpassa]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

S!

The addy told a lot but this graph even more

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[Flyby]

I'm dismayed that the 5850 does so poorly in Flanker35M's graph. But I want to see which of these cards does best at making ice cream! BTW, does anyone think either of these cards will be overkill for SoW?
Flyby out

[Flanker35M]

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Flyby, all of those cards will run SoW for sure in DirectX mode. My wild guess is that there is not much tesselation in SoW as it is pretty much useless in a flight sim. FPS and RPG etc. are a different matter though, as seen in Aliens vs Predator for example.

As of making ice cream..I think the fan of the nVidia is the fastest so it can at least whip cream but beware of the heat