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MSI N550GTX-Ti Cyclone II OC Video Card Review

Manufacturer: Micro-Star International
Product: MSI N550GTX-Ti Cyclone II 1GD5/OC
Date: Wed, Mar 23, 2011 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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Power Consumption

For testing power consumption, we took our test system and plugged it into a Kill-A-Watt power meter. 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 the OpenGL benchmark FurMark 1.8.2 at 1280x1024 resolution.

Total System Power Consumption Results

Power Consumption Results: The MSI N550GTX-Ti Cyclone II 1GD5/OC graphics card used 1W more power at idle and 7W more power at load compared to the NVIDIA reference design. These figures are minimal and do not represent a significant difference, so the differences between brands and cards doesn't appear to be a big deal.

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Review Index
Page 1 - MSI N550GTX-Ti Cyclone II OC Graphics Card
Page 2 - Retail Box and Bundle
Page 3 - The Test System
Page 4 - Aliens vs. Predator
Page 5 - Just Cause 2
Page 6 - Metro 2033
Page 7 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Page 8 - H.A.W.X. 2 Benchmark
Page 9 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 10 - 3DMark 11
Page 11 - Unigine 'Heaven' DX11
Page 12 - FurMark 1.8.2
Page 13 - Temperature Testing
Page 14 - Power Consumption
Page 15 - MSI GeForce GTX 550 Ti Overclocking
Page 16 - Final Thoughts & Conclusions