Asus GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost OC Edition 2GB Graphics Card
Andy Ruffell / 12 years ago
To test power consumption, we monitor the overall power of the system through a plug-in electricity usage monitor at an idle and load state. This allows us to show the fluctuation between how much power draw the graphics card takes at idle and at load. By monitoring the overall usage of the whole system, it gives an easy comparison if you wish to do the same yourself as opposed to buying very expensive individual testing equipment.
The addition of the boost technology to the GK106 core has had a two fold effect with the idle power draw staying near similar to before, whilst under full load we find the power draw jump right up by around 50W compared to the older reference 650Ti.
