Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 Vapor-X OC 6GB Graphics Card Review
Chris Hadley / 12 years ago
Measuring temperatures is all about being consitent, therefore we keep a steady eye on monitoring the ambient room temperature to make sure that it stays the same. While this is constantly being monitored, we measure the idle temperature of the card using HWMonitor over a 15 minute period. Once this has been recorded, we set FurMark into motion for 15 minutes and record the results again.
When we look at the core temperatures recorded given the Vapour-X cooler design, I am a little surprised that the temperatures are not a little lower, but that said, like we found with the power figures, there is more memory to keep cool and an overclock on there that will generate much more heat.
