Legit Reviews tries to cook an egg on a GTX 480

[FireChicken]

Can you do it? And the result is....

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1264/1/

 

[Lonyo]

I wonder if these BIOS revisions will be included in the shipping cards.

 

[Daedalus685]

I don't much like that the fix to the idle temperature issues is to make the fan go harder at idle... That is kind of the opposite of solving the issue isn't it?

I believe I called that the new BIOS would be a fan profile tweak some time ago! lol

 

[Dark4ng3l]

Don't the driver control the fan(like what happened with the card killing drivers)

 

[RussianSensation]

When the fan kicked up at 65*C, it was loud! They should have measured the temperature of the air coming out from the back of the card too.

 

[Daedalus685]

Don't the driver control the fan(like what happened with the card killing drivers)

The bios is generally in charge of the base "auto" profile. I think the problem with the drivers was it was telling the card "custom" values at the auto setting, so it didn't move.

The bios controls the fan curves and the clock up and downs by default, those are generally the things folks change when they hack up a bios (and voltages).

 

[nitromullet]

It's insane that the HSF plate actually sits at 62C at idle in an open system.

 

[Creig]

Maybe if they'd put the egg in a closed contained it would have held the heat better and had a better chance of making breakfast.


Hmmmm... If they'd managed to get the egg done, which do you think they'd have gone after next? Bacon or sausage?

 

[WelshBloke]

They really need to solve the dual monitor issue. I dont understand why nVidia and AMD are having such problems clocking down when using dual monitors. I can use riva tuner to down clock my G80 to 257/396 with no problems. Is it to do with the newer types of GDDR?

 

[MagickMan]

The 58x0 cards clock down fine, the problem is the change in memory speed causes a very noticeable (and annoying) flicker. This is fixed by using RBE and ATIFlash and adjusting your BIOS. The idea scared me to death at first, but now I'm more comfortable with it.

 

[Grooveriding]

The 58x0 cards clock down fine, the problem is the change in memory speed causes a very noticeable (and annoying) flicker. This is fixed by using RBE and ATIFlash and adjusting your BIOS. The idea scared me to death at first, but now I'm more comfortable with it.

Rather than this you can also edit your registry and change all values of

'EnableULPS' from 1 to 0

 

[MagickMan]

Rather than this you can also edit your registry and change all values of

'EnableULPS' from 1 to 0

That didn't work, I tried it. It still kept throttling down the 157/300, so I adjusted the ultra-low setting to 400/1000 and it's peachy.

 

[v8envy]

Some of the other sites had the 480 up to 110C. Legit should have obtained a grill cover to properly cook that egg.

An egg needs a temperature of 158°F to become firm. In order to cook, proteins in the egg must denature (modify), then coagulate, and that won’t happen until the temperature rises enough to start and maintain the process.

Then again, it sounds like the Fermi was definitely hot enough to cook the egg (70C). Looks like the problem was not enough contact between the grill and the food?

 

[NoQuarter]

Some of the other sites had the 480 up to 110C. Legit should have obtained a grill cover to properly cook that egg.



Then again, it sounds like the Fermi was definitely hot enough to cook the egg (70C). Looks like the problem was not enough contact between the grill and the food?

They should put thermal compound between the heat sink fins and the foil.

 

[nyker96]

but it was an open case so the temp is like 62C with heaven's 2 benchmark, if they used something heavier might reach to 100C that would certainly cook an egg. 62C way too low for any cooking that is.

 

[WelshBloke]

The 58x0 cards clock down fine, the problem is the change in memory speed causes a very noticeable (and annoying) flicker. This is fixed by using RBE and ATIFlash and adjusting your BIOS. The idea scared me to death at first, but now I'm more comfortable with it.

Rather than this you can also edit your registry and change all values of

'EnableULPS' from 1 to 0

Thats the issue that I'm talking about. We really shouldn't have to worry about flashing the BIOS or mucking about in the registry.

 

[AzN]

Egg would have cooked better if they cracked the egg on the GTX 480 heatsink instead of putting aluminum on top of the heatsink. Heat isn't transferring. Bad contact. Legit might need some thermal tape or compound to cook the egg better.

 

[Creig]

Egg would have cooked better if they cracked the egg on the GTX 480 heatsink instead of putting aluminum on top of the heatsink. Heat isn't transferring. Bad contact. Legit might need some thermal tape or compound to cook the egg better.

That's the answer! Build a watertight lip around the outside edge of the exposed surface so the egg can't run off. Then just crack the egg and pour it directly onto the cooler. I'll bet that would cook an egg, no problem.

Just make sure to use some sort of anti-stick cooking spray first because I'm almost certain that Fermi's aren't dishwasher safe, even on the top rack.

 

[Tsavo]

I'm waiting for the George Foreman GTX-480 Cooking Grille.

 

[Ares202]

Meh i bet they could cook it without the fan running on the internal hsf

You only probably need around 90c to cook an egg

 

[Tsavo]

Meh i bet they could cook it without the fan running on the internal hsf

You only probably need around 90c to cook an egg

70c

 

[Nemesis 1]

Egg didn't cook in that video . But my ears got fried from the fan noise.

 

[shangshang]

Ugh c'mon they used a weak aluminum foil to hold the egg stuff. The foil does not appear to make full contact with the heatsink, meaning there are plenty of air pockets between the foil and heatsink. Heat will not be transfer efficiently.

 

[tweakboy]

What is the temp of a burn or cooked, I think these cards can perform @ 100c and go strong for years.... weird,, thx

 

[ElFenix]

people have cooked eggs on cyrix chips before, they should be able to cook an egg on a fermi given enough heat transfer into the pan.