ASUS EAH5870 - "Unofficial" Review - Page 3

Viral · 10-03-09, 01:38 AM

Those red pci-e power connectors suit it to a T. Looking good.

**MikeC** · 10-03-09, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Viral

Those red pci-e power connectors suit it to a T. Looking good.

LOL. Yeah, the power supply has three red and three black power connectors.

**MikeC** · 10-03-09, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Maverick123w

I'd love if you could test the Asus voltage tweaking to see if it's worth it or not. If it is I'll probable get an asus 5850.

Will do, but it will likely be one of the last tests I do. I'm using reference drivers now and I believe that the Asus driver needs to be used for the voltage tweaking.

**MikeC** · 10-03-09, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Razor3DC

I really would know the following:
What about the idle power consume with two (ore more) monitors attached?
There ist NOTHING to find around the net and the behavior of nVidia and the GT200 really p... me off!

Does the idle power keeps down with more than one monitor?
Thx alot!

Razor

I don't have any devices that measure power consumption, but that's something I need to invest in. Are you aware of any software that measures power consumption accurately?

**bacon12** · 10-03-09, 08:09 AM

You can get a kill-a-watt for around $20.

**MikeC** · 10-03-09, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by bacon12

You can get a kill-a-watt for around $20.

Awesome. I'm on it!

Redeemed · 10-03-09, 12:03 PM

MikeC- I want your job!

Razor3DC · 10-03-09, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeC

I don't have any devices that measure power consumption, but that's something I need to invest in. Are you aware of any software that measures power consumption accurately?

Hi Mike,

I think it's not possible to measure power consumption by software.
But one indicator schould be the clocks of the card.

If they're not going up, when connecting more than one device it should be the first right step on the way.
Looking at your last screen of the panel, the card should keep the really nice core/memory clock of 157/300...

By the way: I LOVE your 'unofficial' test... there is nothing above real user experience!

Razor

**mailman2** · 10-03-09, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeC

Graphics card successfully installed.

Mine too

not water cooled yet. Maybe tonight though. I love this thing!! Eats everything I throw at it, including my GTX

**mailman2** · 10-03-09, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeC

Graphics card successfully installed.

Mine too

not water cooled yet. Maybe tonight though. I love this thing!! Eats everything I throw at it, including my GTX!!

**MikeC** · 10-03-09, 01:20 PM

Here are some of the games that are likely to be used in determining the performance of a graphics card. The following list shows the games that were benchmarked in reviews of the Radeon 5870 and the number of times a particular game was used.

The following list shows the web sites that were represented in this compilation.

**MikeC** · 10-03-09, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by mailman2

Mine too

not water cooled yet. Maybe tonight though. I love this thing!! Eats everything I throw at it, including my GTX!!

Nice!

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bacon12 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,538	Re: ASUS EAH5870 - "Unofficial" Review In The Works You can get a kill-a-watt for around $20.

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Redeemed Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 17,986	Re: ASUS EAH5870 - "Unofficial" Review In The Works MikeC- I want your job!

10-03-09, 01:20 PM	#35
MikeC Administrator Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,841	Re: ASUS EAH5870 - "Unofficial" Review In The Works Here are some of the games that are likely to be used in determining the performance of a graphics card. The following list shows the games that were benchmarked in reviews of the Radeon 5870 and the number of times a particular game was used. The following list shows the web sites that were represented in this compilation.