Power Consumption
With electricity becoming increasingly expensive across most parts of the world the need for computer components to become power efficient has never been more relevant. Graphics cards are often the most power hungry components inside a system so having an efficient graphics card is very important to keeping power bills under control. Power is often correlated to heat and so lower power consumption means a graphics card is likely to run slightly cooler and put out less heat into your system meaning your other components will run cooler with improved longevity. AMD and Nvidia have also both made power consumption an integral part of the way graphics cards dynamically overclock so the need for graphics card vendors to use efficient VRM and PCB designs is becoming important to maximise performance.
Find details of our power consumption methodology on page 3.
Why only with 3GB RAM???
Good question. I think that’s an Nvidia limitation because if people want more than 3GB Nvidia wants them to buy the 6GB GTX Titan.
I feel the same way; it’s a fast card, but I fear the memory won’t allow it to be very future-proof at resolutions of 2560×1440 and above. I really wanted the R9 290x, but the blackscreen problem has me very wary of the card, even though it has some awesome specs for high resolution gaming. I’m building a computer in a few weeks and now I believe I will use a 780 TI at 1080p. I know it’s overkill, but I think with it’s 3gb of memory this configuration will give me the most longevity.