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07.04.09, 13:04
Green IT is on everyone's lips. Processors consume less power, power supplies get 80-plus-certificates and mainboard-manufacturers suddenly advertise the efficiency of their voltage regulators. In the same breath power consumption of graphics cards doesn´t seem to know any limits. The days in which the CPU is the king of power consumption are already past for a while. While the first 3D-accelerators did not even need a heat sink to cool down the chip, nowadays already a passive cooling-solution for a entry-card is a challenge for engineers.
The power consumption of the single components in a (gaming) desktop PC is more and more dependent on the graphics-engine. For dimensioning of the power supply, graphics cards has been evolved to an important factor. For saving electricity it is necessary to pick a model with a low idle-consumption. This facts we used as an opportunity to write an article which only deals with the power consumption of current graphics cards.
Quelle: Power consumption of current graphics cards - Artikel & Testberichte bei HardTecs4U (http://ht4u.net/reviews/2009/power_consumption_graphics/)
best regards
The power consumption of the single components in a (gaming) desktop PC is more and more dependent on the graphics-engine. For dimensioning of the power supply, graphics cards has been evolved to an important factor. For saving electricity it is necessary to pick a model with a low idle-consumption. This facts we used as an opportunity to write an article which only deals with the power consumption of current graphics cards.
Quelle: Power consumption of current graphics cards - Artikel & Testberichte bei HardTecs4U (http://ht4u.net/reviews/2009/power_consumption_graphics/)
best regards