Potential trouble for 9800gx2

[Skiritai]

Hmm, just found this, don't know if it was posted already:

Fudzilla - Nvidia partner warns users of 9800GX2 heat

I was waiting on my card purchase to see how this turned out. Think I am definitely going with 3870x2

 

[backup287]

^just proves that the 9800gx2 will be good enough to put on market even with these flaws, im expecting a huger performance jump

 

[Graham]

This is only going to get worse and worse down the road as heat is going to be the ultimate design concern in the soon and far future.

 

[Poizen22]

there gonna get really hot and probably burn out, if they get as hot as they claim worry about your ram burning up as they arent as tough as a gpu when dealing with heat.

 

[darksideleader]

everyone's into the x2 videocards these days. too bad the x1950PRO dual and x2600xt dual never caught on

 

[mnelson07]

^just proves that the 9800gx2 will be good enough to put on market even with these flaws, im expecting a huger performance jump

Really? Wow.

 

[Black Falcon 921]

What doesn't have heat problems when they first come out?

 

[darksideleader]

Um what did have "heat problems"

 

[veedubfreak]

In actuality...heat issues are going down. Smaller cores = less heat for the same performance. The gx2 is just a bad design. Although if the 9800GTX doesnt come out in time, i'll probably still end up stepping up to 2 gx2's I'm such a video card whore.

 

[backup287]

^my card for example it goes to like 80 C on full load 92 if i oc it even the slightest but not bad enough to burn yourself like this 9800 gx2