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XFX 9800GTX 512MB
Date: 2008-04-01 | Author: Miles Cheatham
Company: XFX
| Supplied by: XFX
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POWER CONSUMPTION
To measure power we used our Seasonic Power Angel a nifty little tool that measures a variety of electrical values. We used a high-end UPS as our power source to eliminate any power spikes and to condition the current being supplied to the test systems. The Seasonic Power Angel was placed in line between the UPS and the test system to measure the power utilization in Watts. We measured the idle load after 15 minutes of totally idle activity on the desktop with no processes running that mandated additional power demand. Load was measured after looping 3DMark06 for 15 minutes at maximum settings with all the eye candy turned on.
TEMPERATURE
The temperatures of the cards tested were measured using Everest Ultimate Edition v. 4.20.1170 to assure consistency and remove any bias that might be interjected with the respective card's utilities. The temperature measurements used the same process for measuring "idle" and "load" capabilities as we did with the power consumption measurements.
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