Videocard Power Consumption Idle at Desktop Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 177 ASUS EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 153 ASUS EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 222 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 165 ASUS EAH5850 DirectCu Top/2DIS/1GD5 93 ASUS EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A (rev.A) 138 ASUS EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 137 ASUS EAH4850 HTDI/512M 120 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 108 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 135 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 180 ASUS EAH4770 FML/DI/512MD5/A 105 ASUS EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 101 Gigabyte GV-R435OC-512I 79 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 195 ASUS EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 160 ASUS EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 150 Gigabyte GV-N285OC-2G1 113 Gigabyte GV-N26SO-896I 105 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 135 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 112 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 140 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 120 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 170 ASUS EN9600GT DI/512MD3/A 86 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 96 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 166 ASUS EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 152 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 151 ASUS EN9400GT DI/1GLP 85 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 196 MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 183 MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 165 Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 140 3D Loaded: Points Ranking Palit HD4870 X2 2GB 421 ASUS EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A 390 ASUS EAH3870 X2 1GB TOP/G/3DHTI/1G/A (Crossfire) 610 MSI R3870X2-T2D1G-OC 330 ASUS EAH5850 DirectCu Top/2DIS/1GD5 197 ASUS EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A (rev.A) 244 ASUS EAH4890 HTDI/1GD5/A 225 ASUS EAH4850 HTDI/512M 202 MSI R4830 T2D512-OC (Radeon 4830) 177 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB 186 Gigabyte GV-R477D5-512HB Crossfire 279 ASUS EAH4770 FML/DI/512MD5/A 158 ASUS EAH4770 HTDI/512MD5/A 153 Gigabyte GV-R435OC-512I 109 Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 549 ASUS EAX1900XTX 2DHTV/512M/A 333 ASUS EAX1950PRO/HTDP/256M/A 252 Gigabyte GV-N285OC-2G1 277 Gigabyte GV-N26SO-896I 230 ASUS ENGTX260 MT/HTDI/896MD3-A 277 Gigabyte GV-N26OC896H-GA 215 Sparkle GTX260 Core 216 262 ASUS ENGTS250 DK 214 ASUS ENGTS250 DK in SLI 316 ASUS EN9600GT DI/512MD3/A 148 Gigabyte GV-N96TSL-1GI 160 nVidia Geforce 9600GTs in SLI 313 ASUS EN9600GT Top/HTDI/512M 220 Palit Geforce 9600GT 512 221 ASUS EN9400GT DI/1GLP 109 MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 345 MSI NX7950GX2-T2D1GE 315 MSI NX7900GTX-T2D512E 277 Gigabyte GV-NX76T256D-RH 213

The move to a 40nm manufacturing node has had a very good impact on the overall power draw of the ASUS EAH5850 DirectCU TOP in both idle and load situations. The videocard draws less wattage than its predecessor the Radeon HD 4890 under load (total system power draw of 197W vs 225W), despite having double the transistor count.

Next up, PCSTATS tries its hand at overclocking the ASUS EAH5850 DirectCU TOP videocard way beyond its pre-overclocked levels. How fast did we get...