ECS A890GXM-A2 Review
Published by Christian Ney on 13.12.10Page:
Temperatures
The following temperatures are maximum values while running 3DMark Vantage Performance.
- A: Ambient temperature
- B: The probe is between 2 MOSFets
- C: The probe is betweent 2 fins of the MOSFETs heatsink
- D: The probe is between 2 fins of the NorthBridge heatsink
- E: Temperature of the NorthBridge according to HWMonitor (same with eOC)
| Motherboard | A | B | C | D | E |
| DFI LanParty DK 790FXB-M3H5 Stock | 24°C | 44.2°C | 40.7°C | 40.7°C | 37°C |
| ECS A890GXM-A2 Stock | 24°C | 49.3°C | 36.6°C | 40.6°C | 40°C |
| ASUS M4A78-HTPC (DDR2-800-CL4) Stock | 24°C | 52°C | N/A | 39.4°C | 40.1°C |
| ECS A890GXM-A2 OC | 24°C | 61°C | 40.8°C | 43.1°C | 43°C |
| ASUS M4A78-HTPC (DDR2-800-CL4) OC | 24°C | 65°C | N/A | 43.1°C | 43°C |
| DFI LanParty DK 790FXB-M3H5 OC | 24°C | 63°C | 50°C | 44.9°C | 45°C |
| lower is better | |||||
The following temperatures were recorded by FurMark after three minutes of stability test. Both fans of the graphics cards have been set to 70 percent of their maximum rotation speed.
| Motherboard | GTX 275 on slot 1 | GTX 275 on slot 2 |
| DFI LanParty DK 790FXB-M3H5 | 87°C | 88°C |
| ECS A890GXM-A2 | 88°C | 88°C |
| lower is better | ||
The slot 1 is the 1 just below the socket. We can see that both cards has same temperatures, which is very good.
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