Power-draw and temps
Power-draw| Power consumption - idle (system) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB | Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 1024MB XF | BFG GeForce GT 240 512MB | Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 1,024MB | BFG GeForce GTS 250 512MB |
| 50 | 55 | 46 | 49 | 81 |
| Power consumption - load (3D) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB | Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 1024MB XF | BFG GeForce GT 240 512MB | Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 1,024MB | BFG GeForce GTS 250 512MB |
| 92 | 153 | 103 | 98 | 169 |
If performance isn't quite where we'd expect an £90 card's to be, power-draw is, intimating one of the benefits of the Radeon 5-series architecture.
Temperatures
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Another benefit is temperatures, which are akin to cards with signficantly less processing power.
