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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Video Card Review w/ MSI and EVGA

Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Product: GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Date: Tue, Oct 09, 2012 - 08:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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Power Consumption

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Cards

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 1.10.1 at 1024x768 resolution. We also ran four game titles at 1920x1080 and averaged the peak results recorded the highest Wattage seen on the meter for the gaming results.

Total System Power Consumption Results

Power Consumption Results: When it comes to power consumption we found that all three of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti based cards were shockingly similar to one another despite the difference in core clocks and PCB design. With the system at idle all averaged just a few Watts under 100 and at full load all average right around 240 Watts. These are solid power numbers and make sense as the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti had a TDP of 110 Watts and requires at least a 400W power supply for proper operation.

Next Page - Temperature & Noise Testing


Review Index
Page 1 - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Arrives At $149
Page 2 - EVGA, MSI and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Page 3 - Test System
Page 4 - Batman: Arkham City
Page 5 - Battlefield 3
Page 6 - Borderlands 2
Page 7 - Dirt: Showdown
Page 8 - Metro 2033
Page 9 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 10 - 3DMark 11
Page 11 - Power Consumption
Page 12 - Temperature & Noise Testing
Page 13 - Overclocking The GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Page 14 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions