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Diamond Radeon HD 6770 XOC Video Card Review
| Manufacturer: | Diamond Multimedia |
| Product: | Diamond P/N: 6770PE51GEXOC |
| Date: | Wed, Aug 10, 2011 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Brian Giacoletti - |
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Temperature Testing
Temperature testing is vital because if your Diamond Radeon HD 6770 XOC Graphics Card gets too hot it could cause the Diamond Radeon HD 6770 XOC Video Card to stop working. As we all know heat is the mortal enemy of computer components. To test the Diamond Radeon HD 6770 XOC I ran Aliens vs Predator until the Diamond Radeon HD 6770 XOC Video Card was at 100% load and left it for one hour. The idle temperature was also done the same way, the Diamond Radeon HD 6770 XOC GPU was left at 0% load for one hour.
Diamond Radeon HD 6770 XOC Video Card Idle Temperature:
Diamond Radeon HD 6770 XOC Video Card Load Temperature:
Diamond Radeon HD 6770 XOC Video Card AvP Load Temperature:
As you can see the Diamond Radeon HD 6770 XOC Video Card is one of the hottest running cards that I have tested to date. It idles at 56 degrees which is 14 degrees higher than the next highest temperature and it's load temps were even worse coming in at almost 90 degrees. It actually caused the room I was in to rise in temperature significantly. Since the temp were so I high I decided to remove the stock thermal grease and apply a high end thermal grease to see if there was any difference. Well, there was and it was a big one. The Idle temps dropped down to 50 degrees a six degree difference, but the most drastic change were the load temps coming down a full 17 degrees to 72 degrees. I don't know what type of thermal grease Diamond is using, but they need to change it. 89 degrees is way too high.
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| Review Index |
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Page 1 - Introducing The Diamond Radeon HD 6770 XOC GPU
Page 2 - Diamond Radeon HD 6770 XOC Video Card Packaging Page 3 - A Closer Look At The Diamond Radeon HD 6770 XOC Video Card Page 4 - The Test System Page 5 - Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition Page 6 - Metro 2033 Page 7 - Aliens vs Predator Page 8 - Left 4 Dead 2 Page 9 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat Page 10 - Battlefield Bad Company 2 Page 11 - Total War: Shogun 2 Page 12 - 3DMark 11 Page 13 - Unigine Heaven 2.5 Page 14 - Temperature Testing Page 15 - Power Consumption Page 16 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions |
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