X-bit labs

Started by: boner | Date 05/23/07

Comments: 6 | Last Comment:  06/30/07

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1. Are you kidding? No thermal benchies?

Thermal numbers with and without fan compared if not impossible, please.

Lets hope they don't kidding.

Every graphics processing unit as well as central processing unit has a thermal design power (TDP) that should be dissipated whernever the case temperature (Tcase) of a chip reaches certain limit (e.g., Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 has TDP of 130W that need to be dissipated when the chip reaches Tcase of 54.8°C).

ATI Radeon X1950 Pro consumes about 65W (http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/x1950pro-gf7900gs_6.html). Though, GPU designers never declare maximum Tcase. As a consequence, due to the fact that thermal characteristics vary, Tcase can not be measured under current circumstances and have a reliable value.

Usage of a bulit-in thermal diode does not seem to be relevant, as it measures something inside the chip case, not atop of the case. Therefore, we could not combine the figure with power consumption numbers.

2. This card is pretty much useless since it doesn't support DX10.

3. copy, paste and run....

player zune
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Multimedia_and_Graphics/Video_and_Animation_Tools/Fruit_iPhone_Ripper_Suite.html

4. It would be interesting if you could run the professional graphics card benchmarks on this card and other gaming cards. I know there's a difference somewhere, I just can't remember what site had the article about it. If the gaming cards have the same GPU's as the professional cards, the biggest difference must be in the drivers. I guess they don't want you to have your cake an eat it too.

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