GeForce2 MX Shootout (10/11) Peculiarities You could say that GeForce2 MX cards are running with the hand-brake on, but that’s the way they were designed. The chip is held back by the comparatively slow memory. To alleviate this bottleneck, Hercules is shipping its board with faster memory, giving it the extra kick. If you’re even remotely considering overclocking any of these cards, you better start looking for a decent fan. The passively cooled chips already get pretty damn hot at stock speeds, as you can see by the measurements that I took during a normal 3D gaming using an electronic thermometer. These measurements are obviously not 100% accurate, since the thermometer measured the temperature at the outer edge of the heatsink, but that was the same for all three cards. Nonetheless, these results shoud give you a general impression. Just remember, the chip itself gets even warmer!
All measurements were taken at an ambient temperature of 26°C with the case open. Despite running at the highest (memory) clockspeed, the Hercules board runs coolest. The ELSA GLADIAC gets noticeably warmer than its competitors. ELSA, if you’re listening, that puny little heatsink is to blame! Overall, all of these boards get rather hot, as a result of the memory also getting very warm. This is the reason I can‘t that I can’t really recommend overclocking any of these boads. There isn’t much (thermal) headroom without a fan. I would have especially expected Hercules to equip its board with a fan, considering their "hardcore" ambitions. |
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