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Since video card temperatures and the heat generated by next-generation cards have become an area of concern among enthusiasts and gamers, we want to take a closer look at how the Radeon HD 5670 series does at idle and under a full load.

Gigabyte Radeon HD 5670 Idle Temperature

At idle, the Gigabyte Radeon HD 5670 had a temperature of 47C.

Gigabyte Radeon HD 5670 Load Temperature

We fired up FurMark and ran the stability at 640x480, which was enough to put the GPU at 100% load in order to get the highest load temperature possible. This application also charted the temperature results so you can see how the temperature rises and levels off, which is very nice.  At load, the Gigabyte Radeon HD 5670 soared up to 85c, which is higher than the temps we saw on our review of two other Radeon HD 5670 cards. Of course, temps are certainly based on the environment and will vary for everyone.

Power Consumption Results:  At idle we found that the Gigabyte Radeon HD 5670 used 5 watts more power than that of the 2 year old GeForce 9600GT.  Once we loaded things up though, the Gigabyte card actually consumed 11% less watts than the 9600GT.  Certainly, it is a good thing to see more graphics capability from a card that consumes less power doing it.