Need a Barbecue? Try GIGABYTE GeForce 9800 GT Silence Cell
This GIGABYTE’s product is equiped with the Silent Cell technology, giving us a massive and passive cooler, nicely designed for barbecue…
Features of the GIGABYTE GeForce 9800 GT Silence Cell:
- GPU: G92b @ 600MHz / 55nm (there is an error in GPU-Z)
- Shader cores: 112 @ 1500MHz
- Memory: 1024Mb GDDR3 @ 900MHz
- 3D APIs: OpenGL 3 + Direct3D 10
- Lenght: 260 mm
- Height: 2 slots
Among all usual benchmarks, there is also a PhysX test with FluidMark:
That makes me thinking I should update this benchmark because it was compiled with the summer 2008 PhysX SDK… Will do it shortly!
FurMark test: GIGABYTE GeForce 9800 GT Silence Cell requires a well cooled case. In the following screenshot, we can see how the GPU temperature suddenly goes up when case’s fans are stopped:
When case is cooled, the GPU temperature does not exceed 65°C, but when the case is not cooled, the GPU temperature is very close to 100°C!!!
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Maybe it’s nice for barbecue if you can find a way to reverse gravity, so that it can stick to the cooler
My my my, 94 degrees?!
You can’t use this card for overclock if the case is not well cooled.
In-fact, you can burn your VGA !!
[...] It’s funny, I don’t know why, but these last times graphics cards makers wait for the hottest period of the year to announce graphics card with passive cooler. According to Powercolor, these passively cooled cards need up to 38% less energy than the appropriate normal versions. The Radeon HD 4670 seems to be suitable for a barbecue [...]