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Liquid Nitrogen Beats Air Cooling (Again)

Posted by Roblimo on Sunday October 20, 2002 @02:57AM from the don't-try-this-at-home dept.

joe094287523459087 writes "some guys used liquid nitrogen cooling via a cardboard tube to get a 20,000 3D Mark score. you can see the frost forming on everything - wouldn't the moisture from the condensation kill the board?" The Muropaketti guys had already done this with their microprocessor. Apparently the next step was to speed up their graphics card to match.

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Re:Not necessarily, if it's -196 C by FreeLinux · 2002-10-20 03:05 · Score: 5, Insightful

Obviously, it did freeze before shorting anything out. They would have to shut it down upon exhausting the coolant, so as not to overheat. Therefore, the condensation from the melting ice would not harm the board as there would be no power applied.