PNY Ti500
Unfortunately, the fan on the core is quite weak, and can't get rid of the hot air fast enough. At default speeds, we had no problem with the stability of the card, but as the cooling isn't the best, the Verto recorded the highest temperatures of the three cards and overclocked the least. Most likely, this can be attributed to the fact that PNY uses a big thick thermal pad as an interface between the Ti500 and the heatsink. Ditch the pad guys, get some paste!
PNY Performance and Overclocking
Core / Memory 240 / 500 250 / 520 255 / 525
3DMark 2001 Default Benchmark (1024x768x32) 7637 7818 7859
Quake III Demo Four High Quality (1024x768x32) 217.4 221.5 223.7
Return to Wolfenstein ATDemo6 (1024x768x32) 49.9 50.1 50.1
PNY Cooling Performance
Core / Memory 240 / 500 250 / 520 260 / 530
Core Front 136 º F 138 º F 138 º F
Core Back 156 º F 163 º F 165 º F
Memory 132 º F 136 º F 138 º F
Visiontek Ti500
The cooling is what makes this board stand out from the rest of the Visiontek boards released to date, as the Ti500 comes emblazed with deep blue heatsinks on the GPU and DDR SDRAM chips. They're roughly the same design as Visiontek's previous GeForce3 cards, but the color makes them stand out a little more than usual. We had no problems with heat and this card, the default cooling is plenty good.
Visiontek Performance and Overclocking
Core / Memory 240 / 500 250 / 520 260 / 535
3DMark 2001 Default Benchmark (1024x768x32) 7657 7801 7900
Quake III Demo Four High Quality (1024x768x32) 217.4 221.0 223.5
Return to Wolfenstein ATDemo6 (1024x768x32) 48.9 49.7 50.0
Visiontek Cooling Performance
Core / Memory 240 / 500 250 / 520 260 / 535
Core Front 118 º F 124 º F 126 º F
Core Back 133 º F 138 º F 140 º F
Memory 115 º F 118 º F 121 º F
complete review:
http://www.gamepc.com/reviews/hardware_review.asp?review=ti500so&page=2&mscssid=&tp=
Unfortunately, the fan on the core is quite weak, and can't get rid of the hot air fast enough. At default speeds, we had no problem with the stability of the card, but as the cooling isn't the best, the Verto recorded the highest temperatures of the three cards and overclocked the least. Most likely, this can be attributed to the fact that PNY uses a big thick thermal pad as an interface between the Ti500 and the heatsink. Ditch the pad guys, get some paste!
PNY Performance and Overclocking
Core / Memory 240 / 500 250 / 520 255 / 525
3DMark 2001 Default Benchmark (1024x768x32) 7637 7818 7859
Quake III Demo Four High Quality (1024x768x32) 217.4 221.5 223.7
Return to Wolfenstein ATDemo6 (1024x768x32) 49.9 50.1 50.1
PNY Cooling Performance
Core / Memory 240 / 500 250 / 520 260 / 530
Core Front 136 º F 138 º F 138 º F
Core Back 156 º F 163 º F 165 º F
Memory 132 º F 136 º F 138 º F
Visiontek Ti500
The cooling is what makes this board stand out from the rest of the Visiontek boards released to date, as the Ti500 comes emblazed with deep blue heatsinks on the GPU and DDR SDRAM chips. They're roughly the same design as Visiontek's previous GeForce3 cards, but the color makes them stand out a little more than usual. We had no problems with heat and this card, the default cooling is plenty good.
Visiontek Performance and Overclocking
Core / Memory 240 / 500 250 / 520 260 / 535
3DMark 2001 Default Benchmark (1024x768x32) 7657 7801 7900
Quake III Demo Four High Quality (1024x768x32) 217.4 221.0 223.5
Return to Wolfenstein ATDemo6 (1024x768x32) 48.9 49.7 50.0
Visiontek Cooling Performance
Core / Memory 240 / 500 250 / 520 260 / 535
Core Front 118 º F 124 º F 126 º F
Core Back 133 º F 138 º F 140 º F
Memory 115 º F 118 º F 121 º F
complete review:
http://www.gamepc.com/reviews/hardware_review.asp?review=ti500so&page=2&mscssid=&tp=
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