Power-draw, and temps
| Power consumption - idle (system) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB | XFX GeForce GTX 275 896MB | BFG GeForce GTX 285 1GB | Sapphire HD 4890 OC 1GB | Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X 1GB | BFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB | ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB |
| 102 | 127 | 123 | 150 | 100 | 154 | 100 |
| Power consumption - load (3D) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB | XFX GeForce GTX 275 896MB | BFG GeForce GTX 285 1GB | Sapphire HD 4890 OC 1GB | Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X 1GB | BFG GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB | ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB |
| 199 | 267 | 299 | 241 | 231 | 349 | 224 |
The under-load power-draw is a little higher than the reference card's but still below any of the comparison NVIDIA GPUs'.
Temps
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Sapphire's Vapor-X cooler is better at keeping the GPU cool, to the tune of 8°C, and the ambient-to-load difference is the lowest of any high-end GPU.
