HEXUS.power
| HEXUS.power - idle-power reading | ||
|---|---|---|
| HEXUS E6700 GTS | Chillblast Fusion Gemini | PC Specialist Apollo Q260GTX |
| 144 | 185 | 128 |
| HEXUS.power - under-load reading | ||
|---|---|---|
| HEXUS E6700 GTS | Chillblast Fusion Gemini | PC Specialist Apollo Q260GTX |
| 249 | 482 | 252 |
Idle-load is defined as the system sitting in Windows Vista, refreshing the display. Full-load refers to all cores running Prime95 whilst the GPU(s) are rendering the gaming benchmark, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, at 1,920x1,200 4xAA 16xAF.
The obvious downside of having so much power is the juice required to run it
The Fusion Gemini pulls almost twice as many watts, at the wall, as the PC Specialist system.
Overclocking
Adding a little extra juice to the proceedings did little to make the system stable at any speed above 3.55GHz, so it's nicely surprising to find it so solid at just 80MHz less.
