Power Consumption of Contemporary Graphics Accelerators
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 07/29/2004 04:37 PM [ Print | 2 comment(s) ] · 1092 views
X-bitlabs have thrown up their latest article which looks at the power consumption of contemporary graphics cards! Part 1 covers ATI video cards.
Well, ATI?s claims that the RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition consumes no more than 70W are fully confirmed. Curiously enough, the biggest portion of the consumption falls on the additional power connector, while the AGP slot only supplies about 10W in the Burn mode. When overclocking, I increased the GPU frequency by 4.7%, and the memory frequency by 8.7%. The power consumption grew up slightly: by 4.6% in the Idle mode and by 4.2% in the Burn mode. Even overclocked, the card never reached a power consumption of 70W
Well, ATI?s claims that the RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition consumes no more than 70W are fully confirmed. Curiously enough, the biggest portion of the consumption falls on the additional power connector, while the AGP slot only supplies about 10W in the Burn mode. When overclocking, I increased the GPU frequency by 4.7%, and the memory frequency by 8.7%. The power consumption grew up slightly: by 4.6% in the Idle mode and by 4.2% in the Burn mode. Even overclocked, the card never reached a power consumption of 70W
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thomas997 Junior Member Posts: 12 Joined: 2003-04-21 |
#55472 Posted on: 07/29/2004 08:09 PM
Great article.. Interesting that 9800 Pro only uses 50W, but the thing gets HOT as hell.  |
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Devourer Unregistered |
#55474 Posted on: 07/29/2004 08:29 PM
I also found it interesting. Hopefully they do the same with the new nVidia line. If they haven't already & I missed it. |
