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Review: 3.5GHz Intel Core 2 Quad and Radeon HD 4870 X2: the Chillblast way

by Tarinder Sandhu on 26 September 2008, 16:51

Tags: Fusion Gemini, Chillblast

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HEXUS.power - idle-power reading
HEXUS E6700 GTSChillblast Fusion GeminiPC Specialist Apollo Q260GTX
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HEXUS.power - under-load reading
HEXUS E6700 GTSChillblast Fusion GeminiPC Specialist Apollo Q260GTX
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Idle-load is defined as the system sitting in Windows Vista, refreshing the display. Full-load refers to all cores running Prime95 whilst the GPU(s) are rendering the gaming benchmark, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, at 1,920x1,200 4xAA 16xAF.

The obvious downside of having so much power is the juice required to run it  

The Fusion Gemini pulls almost twice as many watts, at the wall, as the PC Specialist system.

Overclocking

Adding a little extra juice to the proceedings did little to make the system stable at any speed above 3.55GHz, so it's nicely surprising to find it so solid at just 80MHz less.