Quote from: backtrackit on February 13, 2014, 04:57:00 PM

Quote from: nyana on February 13, 2014, 01:10:26 PM

Quote from: backtrackit on February 13, 2014, 02:39:50 AM

Quote from: sandor111 on February 13, 2014, 02:08:57 AM

Less heat means less power draw.

lol it's the other way around, less power draw = less heat

He´s right...LESS HEAT = LESS POWER CONSUMPTION

the electric resistance drops on colder GPU = lower power

a hotter GPU needs more Energy for same work as a cold GPU

nyana

Yea if it's supercooled with nitrogen or something lol a few degrees c aint gonna make you use less power.

no need for exotic cooling. Any liquid cooling solutions will easily bring the GPU temperature by 30-40C or more depending on the block / gpu.
not only this is noticeable reduction power draw in general, but this is especially true when we're talking about a rig working 24/7. Helps with the life of the GPU and it'll make the PC a lot less noisy.

(just in case noobs with AIO coolers for their CPU come in claiming there is no 30-40C difference between their air cooled CPU and their now liquid cooled CPU: we're talking about GPU's here and that's completely different (if you don't know, just read about how widely different CPu and GPU thermal fluxes are).

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