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New gen vs current gen: power consumption

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New gen vs current gen: graphic card power consumption comparison



Thanks to the 65nm & 55nm processing, the new-gen graphic cards have a impressive power concumption, no matter G92 or RV670. Because of the PowerPlay technology in RV670, HD 3800 series have obvious lower power consumption in idle mode. Because PowerPlay is only enable in idle, so when cards running in load mode the gap between G92 and RV670 are more smaller than idle.

When using ATI Tool’s 3D view, Geforce 8800GT and Radeon HD 3870 is very close, 8800GT even 2 watt lower than HD 3870. And comparing the load mode of the new G92-8800GTS with old G80-8800GTS also have 2 watt’s diference; but in idle mode, there is a 20 watt’s gap between them. I guess using the new 65nm processing to shrink GPU core only affect their idle power consumption.

Just for your information, G92-8800GTS engineering Sample’s power consumption is a bit higher than G92-8800GTS retail version about 2watt in idle and 5watt in full load. In the chart up there the G92-8800GTS is an retail version.

The release date is closing, and we getting more and more informations about G92-8800GTS. What’s more, we heard that Gigabyte already begin selling G92-8800GTS in Singapore at about $370. Hope guys there can get one and give another full review.
 
1000w psu's....makes you think what the hell is the point in them now.

the cards from now on will always be consuming less power due to smaller die sizes, so it kind of negates ever needing huge wattage psu's. same goes for cpu's

a step in the right direction tbh.
 
The G92 isn't high end, so the 9000 series will use more because it will be the same process but a beefier chip.

Will they go 45nm or 35 nm next?
 
In all seriousness, the 8800 GT is the high end - it's just brought the high end to a more accessible price point (even if temporarily). It's what? The second or third fastest graphics card currently on the market? I'm sure that puts it in the criteria of 'high-end'. The 8800 GTX and Ultra cards are not really advisable to buy at this point...
 
In all seriousness, the 8800 GT is the high end - it's just brought the high end to a more accessible price point (even if temporarily). It's what? The second or third fastest graphics card currently on the market? I'm sure that puts it in the criteria of 'high-end'. The 8800 GTX and Ultra cards are not really advisable to buy at this point...
the 8800gt is a great card when its price comes down to what it should be, its not far of gtx performance at the minute, but when you up the resolution in games and add a bit of aa to the mix it will struggle, the new 8800gts seems like a more viable option particularly for people who have never used an 8800gt and may be coming from an earlier generation of card
 
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