Power Consumption and Noise Level of Contemporary Graphics Cards

jmke · 31st July 2006, 10:37

It is no secret that as the contemporary graphics cards get more powerful and hence require better quality power supply units and more efficient cooling systems. Power consumption and the level of generated noise very often become other important criteria besides performance and image quality when one is shopping for a graphics accelerator. Today we will try to find out what VGA cooling solutions are the quietest and the loudest ones, and what contemporary graphics cards can be called the most economical from the power consumption standpoint.

jmke · 31st July 2006, 10:47

some corrections need to be made in their report I think when it comes down to sound, the 7900GT fan controller module is defunct on many models, but I've seen some where it DOES work and throttle down, becoming whisper quiet.

31st July 2006, 15:47

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Originally posted by jmke
some corrections need to be made in their report I think when it comes down to sound, the 7900GT fan controller module is defunct on many models, but I've seen some where it DOES work and throttle down, becoming whisper quiet.

There are new BIOS's out there to solve that, but you do need to dl and flash them if you want it to work of course

31st July 2006, 17:09

A cooler needs to take the Accellero approach of being quiet even at 100%.

31st July 2006, 10:37	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Power Consumption and Noise Level of Contemporary Graphics Cards It is no secret that as the contemporary graphics cards get more powerful and hence require better quality power supply units and more efficient cooling systems. Power consumption and the level of generated noise very often become other important criteria besides performance and image quality when one is shopping for a graphics accelerator. Today we will try to find out what VGA cooling solutions are the quietest and the loudest ones, and what contemporary graphics cards can be called the most economical from the power consumption standpoint. __________________

31st July 2006, 10:47	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	some corrections need to be made in their report I think when it comes down to sound, the 7900GT fan controller module is defunct on many models, but I've seen some where it DOES work and throttle down, becoming whisper quiet. __________________

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31st July 2006, 17:09	#4
Rutar Posts: n/a	A cooler needs to take the Accellero approach of being quiet even at 100%.