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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 SLI Video Card Review w/ ASUS, EVGA & MSI
| Manufacturer: | NVIDIA |
| Product: | GeForce GTS 450 |
| Date: | Sun, Sep 12, 2010 - 11:00 PM |
| Written By: | Nathan Kirsch - |
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Temperature Testing
Since video card temperatures and the heat generated by next-generation cards have become an area of concern among enthusiasts and gamers, we want to take a closer look at how the GeForce GTS 450 graphics card does at idle and under a full load. We fired up FurMark and ran the stability at 640x480, which was enough to put both of the GPUs at 100% load in order to get the highest load temperature possible. This application also charts the temperature results so you can see how the temperature rises and levels off, which is very nice.
As you can see the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 video card's cooler doesn't do a bad job as the reference card only gets up to 72C at full load. The EVGA GeForce GTS 450 FTW is a little hotter at load, but that is expected since it is running at higher clock speeds. The ASUS ENGTS450 DirectCU Top features a custom cooler with twin 8mm heatpipes and, as you can see, it does run cooler than the reference design. ASUS claimed it was 20% cooler, but on our open air test bench we were seeing about 8-9% cooler. The winner of the temperature testing was MSI N450GTS Cyclone as it cleaned up the competition with an impressive load temperature of just 51C. We thought we made a typo when recording data, but sure enough we re-tested it and that is as hot as the card gets!
ASUS ENGTS450 Top Temperature Test Results:
EVGA GeForce GTS450 FTW Temperature Test Results:
MSI N450GTS Cyclone 1GD5 Temperature Test Results:
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 Reference Card Temperature Test Results:
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 SLI w/ Reference Cards:
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| Review Index |
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Page 1 - GeForce GTS 450 Brings NVIDIA DX11 to $129
Page 2 - A Closer Look At The GeForce GTS450 Page 3 - ASUS, EVGA and MSI GTS 450 Video Cards Page 4 - The New NVIDIA R260 Series Drivers Page 5 - The Test System Page 6 - Aliens vs. Predator Page 7 - Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Page 8 - Just Cause 2 Page 9 - Metro 2033 Page 10 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat Page 11 - StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Page 12 - 3DMark Vantage Page 13 - Unigine 'Heaven' DX11 Page 14 - FurMark 1.8.2 Page 15 - Power Consumption Page 16 - Temperature Testing Page 17 - GeForce GTS 450 1GB Overclocking Page 18 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions |
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