Test Setup

Stefan's Test Setup
CPU	Core i7 920 @ 3.2Ghz
Cooling	Cogage True Spirit
Mainboard	Asrock X58 Extreme
Memory	G.Skill F3-12800CL8T-6GBPI PI Series
VGA	AXLE GeForce 210 512MB DDR2 Gainward Geforce GTS 250 Deep Green Gainward Geforce GT240 Inno3D Geforce GT240 Sparkle Geforce GTS 250 LP ATI Radeon HD 4550 ATI Radeon HD 4890 ATI Radeon HD 5770 ATI Radeon HD 5830 ATI Radeon HD 5450
Other	Power Supply : Antec True Power New 750W HDD : Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200.10 Case : Cooler Master HAF922 Case with 2 NB-Multiframe S-Series MF12-S3HS@1800RPM on the side

With the help of the GPU-Z 0.4.3 utility, we can extract lots of information regarding the video card clocks,memory type, pixel and texture fill rate and so on:



I have used the Everest Ultimate Edition utility to find out the ATI PowerPlay pre-defined clocks and some more information regarding the GPU Code name, Part Number or BIOS Version:



With the same utility, we can find in-depth information regarding the GPGPU capabilities:



To find out the IDLE and maximum temperatures, I have used the Furmark utility, with the Stability Test in “Xtreme Burning mode” and let it run for about 15 minutes. To record the temperatures, the GPU-Z utility was used, thanks to its Sensors monitoring tab. The recorded room temperature at the time of testing was 25.6 degrees Celsius:

IDLE



Full Load



I was amazed how low the temperature of the video card remains even after running 15 minutes of intense stress testing, considering that the card is cooled fully passive.

Considering that this is more a HTPC card, I have decided to plug it in my HTPC configuration, with an Atom D510 CPU and a Jetway motherboard; the case used was an Antec Fusion, with stock cooling. Here are the temperatures that I have obtained:

IDLE



Full Load



Again, stressing with Furmark for about 15 minutes did not bring the card to 40 degrees Celsius and it remained steady at 39! However, the ambient temperature this time was 23.3 degrees Celsius.