Currently I run an BFG 8800 GTX OC2, under water.
I don't have heat issues on the card itself, nor does it add too much heat for my loop to cope with. However if I close the window and the door of the PC room and come back 10 hours later the room is very noticably warm. As a result I've turned down the overclock on the PC, and I'm thinking of undervolting things to reduce power consumption.
However from when I first tried the card without a waterblock I remember it being very hot indeed. I suspect it still puts out a great deal of heat regardless.
I rarely play games which stress the card, although rarely does not mean never, so I still want to have something roughly as powerful. However I realise that most of the time it's just a space heater.
Is anyone aware of how much this card uses when idle, and if that can be reduced in any way.
Finally is there some kind of card with comparable performance that uses significantly less energy?
I suspect the answer will be "not yet" and perhaps next year there will be something along, but it doesn't hurt to ask
I don't have heat issues on the card itself, nor does it add too much heat for my loop to cope with. However if I close the window and the door of the PC room and come back 10 hours later the room is very noticably warm. As a result I've turned down the overclock on the PC, and I'm thinking of undervolting things to reduce power consumption.
However from when I first tried the card without a waterblock I remember it being very hot indeed. I suspect it still puts out a great deal of heat regardless.
I rarely play games which stress the card, although rarely does not mean never, so I still want to have something roughly as powerful. However I realise that most of the time it's just a space heater.
Is anyone aware of how much this card uses when idle, and if that can be reduced in any way.
Finally is there some kind of card with comparable performance that uses significantly less energy?
I suspect the answer will be "not yet" and perhaps next year there will be something along, but it doesn't hurt to ask