Sapphire Gets Hot by Going Cool
Test Setup
We have noted that at the time of testing, we had the Toxic set to stock speeds. We were then sent a BIOS update for the card, but for some reason the flash utility would not detect the correct graphics port for us to perform the flash. To get to the correct settings, we used ATI’s Catalyst Control Center to force the correct clock frequencies for the core and memory. This hindered us from doing any additional overclocking, unfortunately, so we were unable to see just how far the cooler could allow enthusiasts to push their cards. We hope to have a final production version in for testing soon, so we can see what this unit can really do.
System Hardware | |
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Processor(s) | AMD Athlon 64 FX-602.6 GHz, 1.0 GHz bus, 1 MB L2 cache |
Platform | Asus A8N32-SLI DeluxeNVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16, BIOS version 1103 |
RAM | Corsair CMX1024-4400Pro2x 1024 MB @ DDR400 (CL3.0-4-4-8) |
Hard Drive | Western Digital Raptor, WD740GD74 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8 MB cache, SATA150 |
Networking | On-Board nForce4 Gigabit Ethernet |
Graphics Cards | NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX 512 MB GDDR3 650 MHz Core 800 MHz MemoryNVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT 512 MB GDDR3 600 MHz Core 800 MHz MemoryATI Radeon X1900XTX 512 MB GDDR3 650 MHz Core775 MHz MemorySapphire Toxic (formerly Blizzard) X1900XTX 512 MB GDDR3 675 MHz Core 800 MHz MemorySapphire Toxic (formerly Blizzard) X1900XTX 512 MB GDDR3 650 MHz Core 775 MHz Memory |
Power Supply | PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1,000 W |
System Software & Drivers | |
OS | Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
Platform Driver | Asus - nForce 6.85 |
Graphics Driver(s) | ATI - Catalyst 6.3 (Beta driver for X1800GTO)NVIDIA - Forceware 84.21 WHQL |
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