(John Lewis) wrote:
On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 15:12:17 +1200, wrote:




Plus were are you going to put all the HEAT that this Crap card generate, as
it blows into the Case..


Please read my original posting again.

According to Tom's hardware the 5950/9800XT are about 90 watts max.
for the board.

According to nVidia, 110 watts max for the 6800 board. The NV40 chip
dissipates about 25 watts more than NV35/R350, the DDR3 memory a
little less than DDR1 ( 256Mbyte). Also, according to the Xbit lab
review, the 6800 fan never got to full speed in their test setup.
Anyway, you only need to get rid of 25 watts more heat. The power
supply requirement comes from the need for a very low power-line
impedance at the card, combined with the fact that there is a wimpy
12v supply on many sub-400watt power-supplies. Remember that the
fastest CPUs consume about 8 amps already from the 12volt supply.

John, you wouldn't happen to have a link to a Intel Pentium IV Prescot
power consumption test sites? I heard those models produce more watts
than HAL2000. This is going to create mass hysteria with upgrading
the power supplies again.