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.
Nice review 🙂 I’ve just bought this card and i’m quite glad it’s only a few Fps slower than a 780Ti but with a 100 quid difference. Typical Nvidia. Ha!
unigine only dx 11 ultra, no tessellation…it’s true?
Compare it with zotac 780 amp!
I purchased this card just the other day (should be here 23DEC13) and I was curious as to how the results were done for 5760x1080p? Were they done in SLI? I just find it hard to believe that one card can do that well in Metro Last Light and still get 32fps average with triple monitor. Not saying the card isn’t capable of it, but compared to my 7950 Crossfire, this card seems to be doing exceptionally well in that resolution with one card.
Hi there,
Sure well there isn’t much to explain other than we run the integrated Metro last Light benchmark at 5760 x 1080 resolution on Very High (not ultra) with AAA and 4 X AF. We of course have quite a high end system (3960X, 16GB of RAM, etc) which prevents bottlenecking. I’d say the results are difficult to predict especially as CrossFire often has driver issues and whatnot but in theory a pair of HD 7950s should be better!
Awesome, thanks for the info! It’s understandable for results to vary of course. I plan on buying another at some point. Went for this card and the Nvidia Shield for personal reasons so it will work out better for me in the long run than the 7950’s. Thank you for doing the great in depth review! Helped me a lot with my purchasing decision.
By the way, just tested BF4 in Triple monitor (no vsync) with ultra graphics and got an average of 50 fps! Could only do high with no AA on my 7950’s. Thank you again Ryan!
Did you have to overvolt the card to achieve the overclocking or did you leave it at stock voltage to obtain 40 core and 350 memeory?
Stock voltage and stock power limit. Overvolting made no difference
Why would some people consider a 3 year warranty not long enough?
ryan does the card come with any accesories??if not then how did u work it ?