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ECS GeForce GT 240 512MB GDDR5 HDMI Video Card Review

Manufacturer: Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS)
Product: NGT240-512QI-F
Date: Tue, Feb 02, 2010 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Brian Wallace -
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Overclocking & Power Consumption

ECS GeForce GT 240 Default

For overclocking tests, MSI's Afterburner tuning application was used. The screen capture above is the card at idle.

ECS GeForce GT 240 Overclock

With MSI Afterburner, I gained 107 MHz on the Core, 150 MHz on the Memory, and 260 MHz on the Shaders. These are impressive overclock numbers when you consider that the card has no external power connector.

Power Consumption

For testing power consumption, we took our test system and plugged it into a Seasonic Power Angel. For idle numbers, we allowed the system to idle on the desktop for 15 minutes and took the reading. For load numbers, we measured the peak wattage used by the system while running 3DMark Vantage.

ECS GeForce GT 240 Power Consumption

At idle the ECS GeForce GT 240 uses very little power thanks to aggressive clock throttling. Under load there is a substantial difference between it and the XFX Radeon HD 4850, but nothing unexpected considering the performance difference.

Next Page - Conclusion


Review Index
Page 1 - The ECS GeForce GT 240
Page 2 - ECS GeForce GT 240 Bundle
Page 3 - Test System
Page 4 - Batman Arkham Asylum
Page 5 - Resident Evil 5
Page 6 - Unigine 'Heaven' DX11
Page 7 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 8 - Stalker: Call of Pripyat
Page 9 - Colin McRae: Dirt 2
Page 10 - Temperature Testing
Page 11 - Overclocking & Power Consumption
Page 12 - Conclusion