Sapphire Radeon HD 7950 OC 3GB Graphics Card Review

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.

With power consumption becoming a more critical factor when building or upgrading a computer these days, its great to see that even under full load, the total system was drawing just over 200W of power.