power draw figures of Radeon X800 available?
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power draw figures of Radeon X800 available?
The subject says it all...
While not the best source for computer hardware knowledge: THG's review of the X800 includes power draw figures.
Yeah...hot.
But how's this for coolness? (by comparison) -- HowHardware Review.
"One neat power connector, same power supply:
What is probably more impressive is the noted power consumption of these two new cards. As a reference point, the GeForce FX 6800 Ultra averages about 120Watts of power. The Radeon X800 XT averages about the same power consumption under load (68W or so) as a Radeon 9800 XT but the Radeon X800 XT actually consume about 33% less power (38W vs. 58W) at idle versus the Radeon 9800XT. So, we're looking at a potential performance gain of 2X over legacy product, with actually less over all power consumption. The ASIC and Board Design Engineers at ATi should be very proud parents and helping them along their way is TSMC's .13 micro low-k manufacturing process technology."
But how's this for coolness? (by comparison) -- HowHardware Review.
"One neat power connector, same power supply:
What is probably more impressive is the noted power consumption of these two new cards. As a reference point, the GeForce FX 6800 Ultra averages about 120Watts of power. The Radeon X800 XT averages about the same power consumption under load (68W or so) as a Radeon 9800 XT but the Radeon X800 XT actually consume about 33% less power (38W vs. 58W) at idle versus the Radeon 9800XT. So, we're looking at a potential performance gain of 2X over legacy product, with actually less over all power consumption. The ASIC and Board Design Engineers at ATi should be very proud parents and helping them along their way is TSMC's .13 micro low-k manufacturing process technology."
Thank you for your replies. Hopefully one hardwarepage will also supply idle power draw, which i consider more important, in the future.
EDIT: Sorry about the idle topic. Note to self: don't do quick overview shortly after getting up.
EDIT: Sorry about the idle topic. Note to self: don't do quick overview shortly after getting up.
Last edited by jojo4u on Wed May 05, 2004 5:27 am, edited 1 time in total.
I am looking around for a video card to power my new large TFT screen and this certainly seems a good candidate. Using the ATI 9800 is out of the question as it draws too much power in idle. The new X800 is much closer to 9600 levels in idle. And the fan reduces in speed to, so noise should be pretty low when doing 2D stuff.
Here are a couple of other reviews that say something about the power requirement and noise.
Techreport
Here are a couple of other reviews that say something about the power requirement and noise.
Techreport
Hexus.netThe Radeon X800 Pro actually pulls less juice than the Radeon 9800 XT, believe it or not, and the Radeon X800 XT PE only requires a little more power than the 9800 XT. At idle, the new ATI GPUs consume much less power than the 9800 XT, as well.
Beyond3DThe fan adjusts speed based on temperature, slowing down to a barely audible noise when in Windows or doing light 3D. At full speed it's somewhat noisy, but no more so than the NV40 reference cooler and definitely quieter than an ASUS 9800 XT cooler at full fan speed.
Subjectively excellent, the slower fan speed in 2D mode contributing to that.
Jan DerkR420 features an on-die thermal probe which constantly monitors the temperature and different fan speed steppings are set in the BIOS to different temperature ranges, hence the fan will run at lower speeds when the chip is running cool and higher speeds when its hotter. The temperature and speed steppings are manufacturer configurable.