$13K of GPU Test Methodology: Airflow Photography, RTX Games, Pressure Tests, Power, & More
12,617GN has continually invested in its testing equipment with each year, and 2020 exemplifies that: This video covers our new GPU review methodology for 2020, starting with the RTX 3080.
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In this video, we'll be going over new GPU testing methods for 2020. Part of that includes the usual list of games -- rasterization and RTX both included -- and the newly increased sample size per game that we've added. This involves even more effort than previously to complete for each GPU, but will allow us more comparisons between APIs and game engines. The entire team has been working on GPU testing all week, even down to the camera crew, and that means more data validation and new types of testing. The testing includes Schlieren photography, pressure testing for coldplate contact, coldplate flatness testing, thermal testing, rasterized and ray-traced / path-traced games, power testing, and more. Thank you all for continuing to support our efforts. This video is a referential piece and is not meant to be a high view driver; you will see us reference this video in reviews leveraging the methodology discussed here, that way we only have to explain it all once (to save airtime in review videos, basically). If you ever run into a question about how we test something for a GPU review, start here!
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Major Investment into GN's Testing
02:02 - GPU Testing Matrix & Methodology Walkthrough
15:13 - Airflow, Air Pressure, & Radiation (Heat) Imaging
18:59 - Contact Imaging, Coldplate Flatness, & Pressure
24:23 - Game Testing Methodology: Rasterization & RTX
32:57 - GPU Review Test Bench Hardware
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Host, Editorial, Testing: Steve Burke
Additional Testing: Patrick Lathan, Mike Gaglione
Video: Keegan Gallick, Andrew Coleman