GTX 770 heat question

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andynov123

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I've been reading that the GTX 770 runs cool. From what I read perhaps cooler than any other high end card in its price range. My question is does this mean my room won't get really hot? or as hot as running something like a radeon 7970?
 
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Yes and no. How hot or cool a card runs is based on 2 things, the amount of energy being consumed, and the efficiency of the cooling. The TDP (thermal design power, or the max amount of heat it can dissipate) of the gtx770 is 230w, the TDP of a 7970 is 250w, so if they were both running at max, they would be releasing roughly the same amount of heat into your room, but one might be removing the heat at a quicker rate, resulting in a lower temp on the GPU (running "cooler").
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Yes and no. How hot or cool a card runs is based on 2 things, the amount of energy being consumed, and the efficiency of the cooling. The TDP (thermal design power, or the max amount of heat it can dissipate) of the gtx770 is 230w, the TDP of a 7970 is 250w, so if they were both running at max, they would be releasing roughly the same amount of heat into your room, but one might be removing the heat at a quicker rate, resulting in a lower temp on the GPU (running "cooler").
 
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