Power Consumption (Idle and Gaming)
We tested the power consumption with a Watts Up? Pro power meter, using the device to record the total system power consumption at the wall socket, while we ran three sets of four runs of
Crysis in DX10 at 1,920 x 1,200.
Using the data recorded by the meter we could determine the peak output, the consistent minimum and the average load over the entire run of tests.
As both ATI and Nvidia test benches are now identical Core i7 systems, we can accurately determine the apples to apples difference of what power both PCs take to run.
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ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
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Radeon HD 4890 1GB
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 1GB
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ATI Radeon HD 5870
Power at socket (W)
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ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 1GB
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 1GB
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ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB
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ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB
Power at socket (W)
For analysis of these results, please read the
Results Analysis page.
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