Power consumption
Now on to the burning issue. Keeping two GeForce GTX 580s cool under full chat is no easy task, and ASUS has gone about it in a monumental way.
Just Cause 2 is one of the more-intensive games we use, and it provides us with consistent under-load figure. We see the MARS II requiring well over 100W more than the other dual-GPU cards. Not really surprising, but you had better equip your PC with a quality PSU with lots of power on the 12V line(s).
| Percentage better/worse than MARS II |
HD 6990 | GTX 590 |
|---|---|---|
| 23.4% | 19.3% |
