Who cares about your system, do you even know what TDP is?
TDP is for maximum board power, it's obvious that powertune options will be included because they are part of the design.
Calling sites like
AnandTech retarded is actually retarded.
Bringing up gaming benchmarks shows your lack of understanding of TDP too or just obvious trolling since you brought up Nvidia to this discussion for some reason.
No, you literally don't know what you're talking about, at stock, at default settings powertune is set to 0%, therefore you will not go past 200W.
The TDP on a 2500K is 95w, you can EASILY make one draw 200W, by changing the tdp in the bios and overclocking/overvolting, does that change the TDP no.
It's you who has no idea what he is talking about.
TDP on ANY product you find is whatever the hell the company wants TDP to be, in Nvidia's case, its often simply below average draw(was for the 480gtx, much closer to reality on the 580gtx).
Yet from the links shown, the 580gtx can draw over 300W max, yet its TDP is 244W.
TDP has, and WILL NEVER be the maximum current draw from the board, you will not find a single TDP on any product you can prove to fit your theory.
Bulldozers TDP is 125W, overclocked it can use 350W, 2600k, tdp 95W, overclocked can use over 200W, 580gtx tdp 244W, overclocked can use well beyond 350W, 6970 TDP 190W, overclocked, can use over 300W.
Also, you mention trolling because I mentioned the 580gtx? its pretty simple the LINK I SHOWED clearly showed a 244W TDP card, using 60W MORE than what someone in this thread claimed was a 250W TDP 6970. But I'm trolling because a review site that shows the 6970 powerdraw in a graph also included the 580gtx, and talking about the graph and mentioning a card with an actual TDP at(basically) 250W, is irrelevant to the discussion? Sorry, next time I'll find a review site comparing the 6970 power draw, to an overclocked Bulldozer or 2600k....... just so I don't mention Nvidia........
Neither of you seemingly has a damned clue what TDP is.
No company, not a one rates TDP for usage OUTSIDE OF STOCK, no company does, nor should. STOCK settings WITHOUT raising the TDP using powertune, the card is 190W, it is as simple as that, you can not argue otherwise, it is simple fact.
With powertune at 0%, TDP will not hit 250W, ever, it will throttle, this is part of the design of the card.
Likewise yes, Anandtech ARE completely retarded, why, to get their furmark scores they used powertune set to max....... but did not disable the 580gtx throttling for Furmark, then made some epically ridiculous claim that power usage is shown to be 250W.
