Tom's Hardware agreed on this final point, finding the GHz Edition to be even more of a brute than the dual-GPU GTX 690 in terms of temperature and noise under load.

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One of the strange things we learned during our hands-on was that SLI is complicated by NVIDIA's GPU Boost technology, which causes individual cards in the same chassis to run at different clock speeds depending on their load and temperature.

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Information pours in from scoresof sensors that constantly read temperature, barometric pressure and load.

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The amount of practice, study and hours spent mastering every type of environment (shooting from buildings, helicopters, ships, shooting thru glass, walls, different mathematical calculations for temperature, humidity, altitude, load, etc.).

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In addition to detecting water levels and temperature, the chips help keep the laundry weight load balanced, which can make the spin cycle quieter.

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