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XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB GDDR3 Video Card Review

Manufacturer: XFX
Product: XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 Video Card
Date: Tue, Mar 18, 2008 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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Power Consumption

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 the game World in Conflict at 1600x1200 with medium graphics quality.

Power Consumption

Power Consumption Results:  Our power consumption chart is getting rather large, but since it doesn't matter on the drivers, the numbers stay current as long as nothing on the test system changes.  The XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 consumes more power at idle than the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2, but just a little less at load while gaming. 

Next Page - Final Thoughts and Conclusions


Review Index
Page 1 - NVIDIA Releases The GeForce 9800 GX2
Page 2 - The XFX GeForce 9800 GX2
Page 3 - The GeForce 9800 GX2 Heat Spreader Removed
Page 4 - The Box and Bundle
Page 5 - The Test System
Page 6 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Page 7 - Company of Heroes
Page 8 - BioShock
Page 9 - Crysis
Page 10 - Call of Duty 4
Page 11 - 3DMark 2006
Page 12 - Power Consumption
Page 13 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions