Techpowerup cooks omelet on GTX480 heatsink

[Tempered81]

Techpowerup editor-in-chief W1zzard (also the author of GPU-Z) has attempted to cook an omelet on his GTX480:

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showpost.php?p=1825097&postcount=132

 

[Apocalypse23]

lmfao!

 

[thilanliyan]

Hehehe, nice...but it didn't cook apparently.

 

[1h4x4s3x]

rofl

 

[Maximilian]

Maybe an overclocked fermi will have more luck hehe.

 

[AuraNova]

Hehehe, nice...but it didn't cook apparently.

It would have been the funniest thing in a long time for me if it did.

 

[Apocalypse23]

oc the card and run furmark for an hour

then it'll cook!

 

[Hauk]

In typical W1zzard tradition, a high res photo worth a thousand words! Awesome..

 

[sciwizam]

Wait till Summer

 

[Schmide]

An egg needs to reach around 70c to properly thicken and cook. By that bar almost any modern video card could do it.

Edit: now I'm hungry.

 

[n7]

An egg needs to reach around 70c to properly thicken and cook. By that bar almost any modern video card could do it.

Edit: now I'm hungry.

Exterior of the heatsink isn't hitting 70c i don't think...

 

[videogames101]

winrar

 

[alyarb]

you basically need a griddle of heatpipes. you can't fry anything on that shroud.

 

[poohbear]

u can cook an egg on any metal surface that is over 65c.

 

[Azfar]

Shall we call it a new benchmark....cook-an-omelet ! ?

 

[reallyscrued]

My video card cooks me breakfast while my CPU folds my laundry.

 

[bigpimpatl]

nice way to destroy a card I suppose...

 

[taltamir]

If you actually follow the links you see the following:

bonus pic for you guys .. i tried to make an omelette but the cooler wasnt hot enough

So this thread's title is a lie. They did not cook omlets, they tried, and it remained as raw eggs.

 

[ZimZum]

I wonder if cooking an omelet on the heat sink voids the warranty.

 

[error8]

The problem with that egg is that the contact between spoon and heatsink is very weak, they probably touch each other in a very small surface area, so even if the heatsink had 100 C+ it would not make the omelet, because there isn't any heat transfer between the two. Now, if he would have packed the egg in an aluminium folio, omelet was probably done with no problem.

 

[formulav8]

So this thread's title is a lie. They did not cook omlets, they tried, and it remained as raw eggs.

The thread and test was a stinking joke. If he was serious about cooking the egg he could have used aluminum foil or something that would have good heat transfer. He then may have ended up with only ashes left if he didn't keep his eye on it.

 

[Ares202]

who said fermi didnt offer value for money? Bet your cooker cost a whole lot more than a GTX 480

 

[Emperor88]

That'd easily cook with proper contact to the cooler.

 

[bossqueen]

I have to say that he is a funny guy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XDXDXDXD
BTW, I am hungry now =(