CPU vs GPU

[Tobe]

Not really sure where to put this!

Why do CPU's continue to shrink in size, however GPU's continue to grow longer and hotter as time goes on? Can we expect to be using 11.5" cards in 5 years?

 

[pwnrhasta]

Uhh gpu's are shrinking too...

Well newer high end gpus will use bigger PCBs.
The mainstream stuff will remain decent sized.

And for heat, its been using the whole fan/metal/air heat disapating, [idk how to spell lulz], deal for a long time. Water cooling would be pretty neat but its semi expensive and time comsuming to do.

 

[jeremyshaw]

The newer ATi GPU, for the performance, emit less heat (TDP count, of course, as all electricity is converted to heat on a GFx card) then last generation's cards.

The same is pretty much true of any newer generation graphics card.


The new socket 1136 CPU aren't much smaller then 775 tech, anyways.

Ever wonder why there have not been any 1136 mITX solutions, so far? Graphics cards have a visible PCB, dedicated to themsleves and their RAM.

Motherboards are a bit more ambiguous, as they share space with many other things, but there has been no socket 1136 mITX board...

despite there being 775, 1156, and AM2+ available already.

 

[jhinck1414]

i would think the length of gpu's will not grow much unless they somehow change the ATX size of a motherboard, and i would also think case manufacturers will continue to try make cases smaller will allowing for the large video cards.