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February 1st, 2008, 04:44 AM
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Car: Drunken Pedestrian Rep Power: 11  |  help a struggling wannabe hardware geek Hi people I have two, yes two, questions. 1. What's the normal temperature of a CPU when under heavy load? 2. Where can I read a review of Inno3D 8800GT graphics card? Been looking for one but all I find is reviews of the 8800GT OC-version. All help greatly appreciated.
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February 1st, 2008, 04:52 AM
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| Lazy Head Dude  Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,964
Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 233  | Quote:
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February 1st, 2008, 05:00 AM
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| Joined: Aug 3rd, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bar stool Age: 24 Posts: 998
Car: Drunken Pedestrian Rep Power: 11 | Sorry forgot. CPU: E6750 (runs at around 34degrees Celcius MoBo: P5N-E SLi Graphics : http://www.inno3d.com/products/graph...gf8/8800gt.htm The graphicscard is the 512MB one. I do not trust the manufacturers site about the card. That's why I want more info. I piced the card for my bro while he nodded and kept quiet.  Anyway it's just a standard medium level comp I guess nothing fancy. It's my brothers comp and we just finished it and it runs OK 
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February 1st, 2008, 05:24 AM
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Car: 2004 GP GTP CompG LFS Status:  Rep Power: 24 |
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February 1st, 2008, 05:27 AM
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Car: Nissan Altima 3.5-litre SE Rep Power: 33      | Under full load, I would expect less than 60c for that processor. Any higher than that and you should look at better cooling for it. Your choice of videocard is good, it's the best balance of performance and price. The 8800GT is one of the hottest cards on the market right now.
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February 1st, 2008, 05:46 AM
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Car: Dad's '06 Civic EX (in about 3 months...) Rep Power: 6 | I have an e6750, and even OC'd to 3.5, it only maxes out at ~40C. I'm using a COOLER MASTER RR-CCH-L9U1-GP cooler.
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February 1st, 2008, 06:14 AM
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Car: Drunken Pedestrian Rep Power: 11 | Quote:
I am amazed about the power consumption. AMD PHENOM requires 95W and is alot weaker than the C2D Intel.  And PHENOM is a QuadCore...-EDIT- Found it. Not rich on details but it's plenty. http://www.xcpus.com/forums/graphics...mb-review.html
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February 1st, 2008, 10:45 AM
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| .sa = bad driver!  Joined: Nov 8th, 2004 Last Online: 11:11 AM Location: Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia Age: 22 Posts: 3,406
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February 1st, 2008, 11:28 AM
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| FG's Highest Paid Male Whore  Joined: May 26th, 2005 Last Online: 11:30 AM Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 8,225
Car: IS250 RWD Rep Power: 84 | Sorry to barge in, but my damn laptop goes up to 90 Celsius at full load. Can you imagine what that's doing to my sperm count? I've seen some sites that open up the MacBook Pro and apply more thermal paste but I don't wanna do that until the warranty is up. |
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February 1st, 2008, 02:45 PM
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| Joined: Aug 3rd, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bar stool Age: 24 Posts: 998
Car: Drunken Pedestrian Rep Power: 11 | Quote:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_20...1074&chart=425 Choose any game. Core2Duo wins. And that IS the strongest AMD Phenom. In all tests, the C2D are very close to AMD's quads... sorry but that's pathetic. Didn't judge the power consumption. Just said that a C2D is the only way to go it seems. Anyway, Thanks for help everyone.
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February 1st, 2008, 04:39 PM
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| .sa = bad driver! Joined: Nov 8th, 2004 Last Online: 11:11 AM Location: Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia Age: 22 Posts: 3,406
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February 1st, 2008, 05:14 PM
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| VIP  Joined: Jun 7th, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Sunnyvale, California Posts: 747
Car: Spec Racer Ford! Rep Power: 21 | I'm old school and thought CPU's all generally targetted 35-40 degrees C and typically thermaled around 65C. But hey, I remember when CP/M ruled the earth  Steve |
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February 1st, 2008, 06:21 PM
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| Joined: Aug 3rd, 2006 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Bar stool Age: 24 Posts: 998
Car: Drunken Pedestrian Rep Power: 11 | Quote:
The power consumption didn't amaze me, I just think it's weird that more power doesn't mean more performance. The power-to-performance-to-price, that amazed me.
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February 2nd, 2008, 05:14 PM
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Rep Power: 0  | What exactly is wrong with what Inno3D's site says about the card? Anyway, the are a good brand, but BFG might be cheaper. |
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February 2nd, 2008, 06:02 PM
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