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AXLE GeForce GT 240 Video Card Review
| Manufacturer: | AXLE |
| Product: | GT 240 512MB DDR5 128BIT |
| Date: | Tue, Dec 22, 2009 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Austin Hamann - |
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Temperature Testing and Power Consumption
For idle testing, the computer was left running with no applications aside from GPUz open for 10 minutes. For load testing, I fired up Furmark v1.7.0, still with no AA and a resolution of 1440 x 900, which maxed out each card more than any other benchmark/application can.
Temperature Testing
For Temperature testing, all fans were kept at auto in a closed case with no side fan and ambient temperatures of ~75F. The following maximum sustained temperatures were recorded:
Sitting at idle, the HD 4670 just beats out the AXLE GT 240, which itself gets the lowest temps at load. The 9600 GSO is significantly warmer at idle due to the fact that it does NOT throttle its GPU/Mem/Shader speeds at idle usage like the other two cards do, and boy do they.
Total System Power Consumption
Again the HD 4670 is just a little bit more efficient at idle than the AXLE GT 240, but uses 13% more power at load than the GT 240. Again, the 9600 GSO is hurt by not throttling its clock speeds at idle, but at load it is actually close to the HD 4670, which does not require a 6-pin PCIe power connector.
And now for the fun part: the Overclocking.
Next Page - AXLE GT 240 Overclocking
| Review Index |
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Page 1 - Introducing the AXLE 3D GT 240
Page 2 - A Closer Look at the AXLE GT 240 Page 3 - Retail Box & Bundle Page 4 - The Test System Page 5 - Race Driver: GRiD Page 6 - Crysis: Warhead Page 7 - Shattered Horizon Page 8 - Left 4 Dead 2 Page 9 - Colin McRae's DiRT 2 Page 10 - Furmark v1.7.0 Page 11 - 3DMark Vantage Page 12 - Temperature Testing and Power Consumption Page 13 - AXLE GT 240 Overclocking Page 14 - Folding @ Home Page 15 - Final Thoughts & Conclusions |
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