Asus Radeon HD 7790 Graphics Card Review
Chris Hadley / 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.
Sitting amidst the other DirectCU cooled cards that we have seen before and the 7790’s, Asus’ 7790 is the most power efficient at idle, with a total system draw of only 120W.
