Power Consumption (Idle and Gaming)
In order to get an idea of a GPU's power draw, we run our Unigine Valley 1.0 benchmark, which is our most GPU limited test. We use a watt meter to measure the maximum total system power draw during the test, and also take an idle reading at the Windows desktop (2,560 x 1,440).Thermal Performance (Idle and Gaming)
Thermal output is also measured using Unigine's Valley 1.0 benchmark, as its DirectX 11 features will stress all parts of a modern GPU. We leave all GPU fan profiles and settings as they come and leave the benchmark running for ten minutes so that temperatures plateau. We record the peak GPU temperature using GPU-Z, and present the data as the delta T (the difference between the GPU temperature and the ambient temperature in our labs). We also take an idle reading at the Windows desktop (2,560 x 1,440).*As we do not have stock samples of the AMD Radeon R9 280X or AMD Radeon R9 270 they are not included in the thermal performance graphs
MSI MPG Velox 100R Chassis Review
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Posted by Kodongo - Mon Mar 03 2014 10:02
Posted by Hustler - Mon Mar 03 2014 12:00
I thought I saw somewhere that the heat pipes on these CU models make them too high...although the ones on this don't seem to protrude as much as some others I've seen , maybe they've had a design revision???
Posted by tozsam - Mon Mar 03 2014 13:53
Posted by Skiddywinks - Mon Mar 03 2014 14:22