![]() ![]() We believe this is due to XFX’s fan choice, though we can’t rule out component selection either. Out of our 3 partner cards and our reference card, our idle power results are tightly clustered among all of the 6850s except for the XFX card which draws a few more watts at idle. We’re still trying to get to the bottom of the issue, but in the meantime this means all of these cards run worse than the reference 6850 when it comes to power consumption. A balanced card is usually the most desirable.Īs we noted in the introduction, all of our 6850s except the reference card have a load voltage of 1.148v, versus 1.094v. ![]() It’s not just the difference in physical designs that helps set these cards apart, but also how the manufacturer has decided to tune the cards to balance these attributes. With the variety of card designs it’s the difference in power draw, heat dissipation, and acoustics that truly separate the cards. ![]()
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