On 02/25/2011 06:19 PM, Alex Deucher wrote: > The memory clock is still running at whatever clock it's set to unless > you manually change it. Things are like displays are constantly being > fed from vram.
Sure, the master clock is still running, but the dac only reads from the frame buffer so fast. Most of the clocks should be idle ( no read or write line asserted, no addressing, etc ) so it shouldn't be dissipating THAT much heat should it?