VRM Temps

We used HWInfo for the VRM temperature monitoring of the reference design cards (AMD Stock, XFX Double Dissipation and the Accelero Hybrid). For the MSI HD 7970 Lightning we used AfterBurner and for the ASUS 7970 DirectCU II Top and Matrix Platinum we used GPUTweak.
idle temperature is the highest temperature measured after 15mins idle time right after boot.
The load temperature is the highest temperature measured after 1 hour of BattleField 3 gameplay.
Fan speed: Auto
Room Temperature: 25°C

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 14 - Crysis 2
Page 2 - Technical Data / Specifications	Page 15 - Dragon Age 2
Page 3 - Preview / Delivery	Page 16 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat
Page 4 - Test Setup	Page 17 - The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Page 5 - 3DMark 11	Page 18 - StarCraft II
Page 6 - 3DMark Vantage	Page 19 - Power Consumption
Page 7 - Unigine Heaven	Page 20 - Fan Speed / Noise Level
Page 8 - TessMark	Page 21 - VRM Temps
Page 9 - Alien vs Predator	Page 22 - Temps - Idle / FurMark
Page 10 - Batman: Arkham City	Page 23 - Temps - Call of Duty MW3 / BattleField 3
Page 11 - DIRT 2	Page 24 - BenchMarks and Games Settings
Page 12 - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3	Page 25 - Conclusion
Page 13 - BattleField 3

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