Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2GB Dirt 3 Edition Graphics Card Review

Power ConsumptionTo 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.

At idle, the power consumption on this card is quite reasonable, and load is an acceptable amount in our opinion, based off the performance that this card has to offer.