R600 too hot for LN2 at 1230MHz!

[equk]

After writing the article about the R600 I was just looking around to see what other people have found etc.

I found this

Marcus "Kinc" Hultin - "You can't have missed all the discussions about R600 being a real hottie. This is mainly due to the big leakage of the 80nm process, a similar problem to that Intel had with Prescott. Personally, from an overclocking point of view, I like hot hardware because it means that there is a good margin for overclocking if you're able to remove the heat."

Maybe we will see an improvement if AMD/ATI ever move to 65nm

Source: Nordic Hardware

 

[Nagaru]

I am sure leakage contributes to the high power consumption but to be honest I think that is a relatively small part of the picture. The reason I say this is that leakage will not change with clockspeed but their seems to be a large increase in heat when the clockspeed is increased.

 

[PP Mguire]

Which is usualy what happens when you overclock

 

[NickS]

So his GPU put can't hold temps under load.. I doubt it's the R600 heat.

 

[NoL]

Sounds more like a crappy pot;

 

[NickS]

So his GPU put can't hold temps under load.. I doubt it's the R600 heat.

Sounds more like a crappy pot;

lol

 

[NoL]

I didnt know what a GPU put is, sorry

 

[NickS]

I didnt know what a GPU put is, sorry

LOL