Xbox360 Under Thermal Camera Options

[Xbox-Scene]

Xbox360 Under Thermal Camera Posted by XanTium | January 21 21:17 EST

From granulator.gg.utk.edu/~web/thermalcam: [QUOTE] A FLIR Systems P65HS thermal camera was used to view a Xbox360. The right side of each image includes a temperature scale bar [in Celsius], with the hottest pixel in the scene indicated by the number directly above the scale. The number in the top right shows the temperature of the pixel in the crosshairs. The error in each measurement is +/- 2 degrees Celsius. Xbox 360 is shown, powered up and idle in the Dashboard for approximately 1 hour. [82.4 degrees Fahrenheit maximum temperature in image] [/QUOTE] News-Source: granulator.gg.utk.edu/~web/thermalcam

[gamer0313]

they should compare a stand alone 360 with one that has the intercooler attached or several other cooling devices to test their efficiency

[xbox modder 222]

No surprise there... the heat is near heatsinks who would have thought?

[Altima NEO]

they should compare a stand alone 360 with one that has the intercooler attached or several other cooling devices to test their efficiency

Not to mention a behind vew, to see the exhausts better.

Also, vertically oriented, to see if it makes any difference.

And of course, under stress, running a game.

[dhrandy1]

anyone surprised by this??

[mlapaglia]

how is this news? we've known since the very beginning that the xbox is hot...

[SparkBR]

i think that it wasnt made to surprise someone... just to be an interesting stuff...

[dhrandy1]

i think that it wasnt made to surprise someone... just to be an interesting stuff...

i think it would be interesting to tell me something i didn't know, lol. i don't need a thermal imager, i can just touch it and tell it's hot.

This post has been edited by dhrandy1: Jan 22 2007, 03:34 AM

[rjburke377]

anyone surprised by this??

Room temperature is taken to be roughly 20 to 25 degrees Celsius ... so having a case temperature of 28 degrees is not hot. An idle 360 reaches a few degrees above room temperature: so what?

I'd like to see the results after running GoW for an hour.

This post has been edited by rjburke377: Jan 22 2007, 03:48 AM

[dark0]

i think it would be interesting to tell me something i didn't know, lol. i don't need a thermal imager, i can just touch it and tell it's hot.

uhh general information? Not everything out there is made to impress.

[RiPpN-N-TrIppN]

yeh i saw this posted on digg
was going to post it earlier but found it rather pointless we all no its gets hot
Rip

[TexT12]

ummm..... so?

[Antinous-ODY]

82 degrees is nothing for a processor... I'm not sure of the threshold for the 360, but i know that amd cpus used to and probably still do run way hotter and they do it just fine when overclocked, although that's only a dashboard temp.. i also wonder if there is some way to tell how hot it is on the core.. that's just a general area, i'm sure it's a bit warmer right on the processors

[Heet]

This is a little more helpful I think.


http://rbjtech.bulldoghome.com/pages/rbjte...re_Readings.htm



Here's some pics of how I took readings, although his are clearly more accurately done.

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=574972

[minnow]

So this thermal image shows us that a 360 does not get hotter than an armpit... not even 90 degrees F?

Haaaah. Just to be fair, you should image the 360 again, but this time, do it with the case open... with a direct view of the cores. I think you'd get a more accurate reading.

Also, if you adjust the sensitivity (spectrum max and min) of your thermal imaging device, you'll get a truer image. So instead of maxing it out at 28 C... try adjusting it to read up to 40 C or so.