![]() Subjective obtained GPU power consumption = ~ 180 Watts.System Wattage with GPU in FULL Stress = 295W.We'll be calculating the GPU power consumption here, not the total PC power consumption. On average we are using roughly 50 to 100 Watts more than a standard PC due to higher CPU clock settings, water-cooling, additional cold cathode lights etc. Next to that we have energy saving functions disabled for this motherboard and processor (to ensure consistent benchmark results). This setup is overclocked to 4.60 GHz on all cores. Our test system is based on a power hungry Core i7 - X79 system. The "before and after" wattage measured will tell us roughly how much power a graphics card is consuming under load. We simply stress the GPU, not the processor. The methodology: We have a device constantly monitoring the power draw from the PC. Let's have a look at how much power draw we measure with this graphics card installed. ![]() No further configuration is required or needed unless you like to tweak the settings, for which you can open the Catalyst Control Center. Mind you though that in the Catalyst Control panel you'll need to activate Crossfire mode. Once done, we boot into Windows, install the latest ATI Catalyst drivers and after a reboot all should be working. Download the latest AMD Radeon drivers here.Preferably get yourself a power supply that has these PCIe PEG connectors native (converting them from a Molex Peripheral connector anno 2013 we feel is a no-go). Once the card is seated into the PC, make sure you hook up the monitor and of course any external power connectors like 6 and/or 8-pin PEG power connectors. Installation of any of the AMD Radeon cards is really easy. Hardware setup | Power consumption Hardware Installation
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |