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.
Power draw sees the card pulling some very similar numbers to the comparative HD 7770 at both idle and load at 121 and 191 watts respectively.
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No fair. You always include photo’s of the packaging so why can’t we see photo’s of the bubble wrap & sellotape? It’s probably more interesting that the card.
great review, thanks, really helpful
take it im the only person who has problems with the card over heating ever 30 seconds
Sounds like an issue with the card being faulty. Is the fan spinning, operating at PWM? Is the heatsink attached properly, enough thermal paste? Does the system shut down after it overheats – could be power leakage which means its shutting down to prevent damage (power leakage causes overheating and shutdown).