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Reinventing the G80 - the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB

By Vincent Chang - 29 Oct 2007

Temperature Testing & Power Consumption

Temperature

Temperature could be a potential sticking point for the GeForce 8800 GT. From our observations, the single slot cooler for the GeForce 8800 GT is stretched to its limits here, with recorded temperatures of the core much higher than the GeForce 8800 GTX at full load. The memory chips were also found to be among the highest for the high-end cards. From the looks of the many overclocked versions to be released by vendors, heat doesn't seem to worry the manufacturers, though custom coolers could be an option.

Power Consumption

On paper, the TDP for the GeForce 8800 GT alone is 105W but in our test system, the complete system's power draw reached up to 225W at full load. This is still the lowest for all the cards featured here, with only the Radeon HD 2900 XT having a lower idle power consumption figure.

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