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Well, I read the first part of this article, and just now the second part.
It seems to me that either Intel's new CPUs run too hot, or Tom's is doing something horribly wrong with their tests. They don't make any mention of overclocking the QX6850 tested with all of the coolers, so how is it that THE best cooler they test runs the CPU at over 60C? Do these Intel chips really run that hot, or what?
Also in the article, they seem to be flip-flopping between PWM, high fan speed, and low fan speed... using whichever they see fit on whatever cooler. I'm not sure if it's the fault of the cooler that maybe they HAVE to do the flip flopping... but it seems to me that if somebody were to buy one of the coolers in the article, then you would want to keep fan speed on high, as your goal is to keep the cpu cool. I dunno, what do you guys think?
I remember that somebody bought toms hardware like a year or 2 ago.... I forget who it was though. Tom's really is starting to suck, and so are a couple other of my favorite sites.
And, finally, what was the deal with the physics card, stuck into reviews of the day, from techpowerup, you guys reviewed that like months ago. (pic included) Although, I never actually saw the review to begin with, so I guess it was kinda nice to see.
It seems to me that either Intel's new CPUs run too hot, or Tom's is doing something horribly wrong with their tests. They don't make any mention of overclocking the QX6850 tested with all of the coolers, so how is it that THE best cooler they test runs the CPU at over 60C? Do these Intel chips really run that hot, or what?
Also in the article, they seem to be flip-flopping between PWM, high fan speed, and low fan speed... using whichever they see fit on whatever cooler. I'm not sure if it's the fault of the cooler that maybe they HAVE to do the flip flopping... but it seems to me that if somebody were to buy one of the coolers in the article, then you would want to keep fan speed on high, as your goal is to keep the cpu cool. I dunno, what do you guys think?
I remember that somebody bought toms hardware like a year or 2 ago.... I forget who it was though. Tom's really is starting to suck, and so are a couple other of my favorite sites.
And, finally, what was the deal with the physics card, stuck into reviews of the day, from techpowerup, you guys reviewed that like months ago. (pic included) Although, I never actually saw the review to begin with, so I guess it was kinda nice to see.
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