It’s a 600 watter with a ceramic arc,and it runs off a standard 600 watt ballast.its basically a high performance 600 watt hps bulb,with more blue and UV built in than any 600 watt hps ever made.Yeah, I would reckon it's a match for 450W HPS, but I agree with you, it seems to bring out higher quality and more GPW than MH/HPS. What do you think about the double ended ones? 630W CMH?
Haven't bumped into this, just double 315W CMH fixtures, for a total of 630W.
EDIT: I'm guessing that @stoney T doesn't mind some healthy discussion, however, sorry for hijackin' the thread .