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Unread 02-15-2005, 12:41 AM   #27
phextwin
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Originally Posted by Butcher
GPUs are nearing 100W heat output at stock speeds, neglecting them as "easy to cool" is not a good idea. In many cases the GPU heat output will exceed that of the CPU.
Somehow i doubt anywhere near 100W. Look at the dinky little heatsink on the x800xt. Even the 6800U/x850xt sink is much smaller than a 560P4 for instance, a well known ~100W cpu.

Perhaps the whole card might draw close to 100W, but i doubt just the GPU specifically.
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