Re: AMD breaks Teraflop limit (with Firestream 9250 GPU PCIe express card).

On a sunny day (Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:31:23 +0200) it happened "Peter
Nicolaysen" <pnic@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> AMD breaks Teraflop limit
>> In German:
>>
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/AMD-knackt-die-TeraFLOPS-Grenze--/meldung/109500/from/atom10
>> The Firestream 9250 GPU PCIe express card is likely based on the new
RV770 
>> GPU,
>> as will be used in the Radeon 4800 series.
>> The 1 Teraflop is for single precision, i tis 200Gflops for double
precion 
>> 64 bit.
>> The card uses 150W.
>>
>
>I wonder if it will be possible to get a passively cooled 9250?

150 W of heat, that is a lot, imagine a 150W lightbulb.
I think that would be very difficult.