[rescue] HP v Sun graphics - heatsinks.. is size everything?

[Matthew Haas]

On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Leslie Connally wrote:
>
> I've been looking at graphics cards lately, and it seems HP is heatsink
> obsessed.. (in fact, on their processors also) while on Sun, it seems
> like heat dissipation is an annoyance they give short shrift to.. eg: HP
> fx-whatever v sun 3d or 6d creator. and of course in the PeeCee world..
> they just use a fan (that fails without alert and cooks the processor)
>

 The nice thing about the HP machines I've played with (712/80 in
particular) in regards to this "heatsink obsession" you refer to, is that
the machines themselves are very, very quiet. Aside from a fan in the
power supply and hard drive, there are very few moving parts (not to
mention the styrofoam padding around the hard drive to muffle that as
well).

 A mark of good engineering, IMO.

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