
Application Note 653
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Intel740™ Graphics Accelerator Thermal Design Considerations
3.0
Designing for Thermal Performance
In designing for thermal performance, the goal is to keep the component within the operational
thermal specifications. The heat generated by the components within the chassis must be removed
to provide an adequate operating environment for all of the system components. To do so requires
moving air through the chassis to transport the heat generated out of the chassis.
3.1
Airflow Management
It is important to manage the air flow path and amount of air that flows through the system to
maximize the amount of air that will flow over the Intel740 graphics accelerator and AGP Card.
System air flow can be increased by adding one or more fans to the system, by vents and fans in
combination, by increasing the output (faster speed) or size of an existing system’s fan(s). Local air
flow can also be increased by managing the local flow direction using baffles or ducts. An
important consideration in airflow management is the temperature of the air flowing over the
graphics processor. Heating effects from add-in boards, memory, other accelerators and disk drives
greatly reduce the cooling efficiency of this air, as does re-circulation of warm interior air. Care
must be taken to minimize the heating effects of other system components and to eliminate
excessive warm air re-circulation.
For example, a clear air path from the external system vents to the system fan(s) will enable the
warm air from the Intel740 graphics accelerator and AGP Card to be efficiently removed from the
system. If no air path exists across the them, the warm air ambient to the Intel740 graphics
accelerator and AGP Card will not be removed from the system, resulting in localized heating (“hot
spots”) at and around the graphics processor requiring the addition of a thermal cooling device.
Figure 1
shows two examples of air exchange through a PC-ATX style chassis. The system on the
left is an example of good air exchange incorporating both the power supply fan, an additional
system fan and good venting. The system on the right shows a system with only a power supply fan
(blowing into the box) and minimal venting resulting in poor air flow past the AGP card.
Re-circulation of internal warm air is most common between the system fan and chassis, between
the system fan intake and the drive bays behind the front bezel and in the card area. These paths
may be eliminated by mounting the fan flush to the chassis, thereby obstructing the flow between
the drive bays and fan inlet, and by providing generous intake vents in both the chassis and the
front bezel.
Note:
Note that these are recommendations. With careful engineering, modeling and testing, other
solutions may work equally well in cooling the system.
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