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Unread 02-17-2005, 06:11 AM   #44
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Originally Posted by Metzen
The 6800 Ultra cooling system has a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 60W. I'm sure they would have given themselves lots of head room...
TDP is usually the approximate heat dissipation of the device, at least if CPUs are anything to go by (they can actually draw more power than the TDP in some cases). They don't add much on, because lower TDP means the OEMs can design cheaper cooling.

Curious as to where you got that number from?
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