Quote Originally Posted by Vapor View Post
My guess is the VRMs are sending the kill/throttle signal intermittently. Unlike with previous gens, throttling isn't done in software any more, it's done in hardware.

FurMark and OCCT make recent ATi cards pretty angry
thats strange considering this guy made a 3d wave similar that overheats his 5870. i wonder why the throttling would not be working here or maybe it isnt throttling enough.
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=55448