9600gt watt question

[Kent-State]

In Tom's energy comparison of the 9600gt 512 and the 9600gt 1gig cards they state the 512 card uses much more electricity (see link). Does anyone know why or even if this true?


http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-radeon-power,2122-4.html

 

[coozie7]

I think this is just a typo, check out the cards used here;

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-radeon-power,2122-2.html

This list shows two 9600 GT at different speeds, I`d guess the higher power consumption is for the higher clocked card.

 

[Kari]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/gainward-bliss9600gt-512gs_7.html

9600gt 512MB, 60W

toms is showing a calculated/estimated load at the socket, so it includes the inefficiency of the psu and other error sources. xbit measures what the card actually uses on a modified mobo/platform... the extra ram shouldn't use more than a few watts extra on top of that