Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB Toxic

Written by Tim Smalley

February 23, 2009 | 10:54

Tags: #1gb #4870 #card #consumption #cooler #evaluation #hd #heat #overclocking #performance #power #radeon #review #rv770 #toxic #vapor-x #vapour

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Power Consumption

We tested the power consumption with a Watts Up? Pro power meter, using the device to record the total system power consumption at the wall socket, while we ran three sets of four runs of Crysis in DX10 at 1920x1200.

Using the data recorded by the meter we could determine the peak output, the consistent minimum and the average load over the entire run of tests.

As both ATI and Nvidia test benches are now identical Core i7 systems, we can accurately determine the apples to apples difference of what power both PCs take to run.

Power Consumption (idle)

Windows Vista Desktop (Aero Enabled)

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260-216 896MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260-216 896MB SLI
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB
  • Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB Toxic
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB SLI
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB CrossFire
    • 186.4
    • 193.7
    • 197.3
    • 223.9
    • 231.2
    • 236.0
    • 236.5
    • 238.1
    • 239.0
    • 241.5
    • 251.1
    • 313.6
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Power at socket (W)
  • Power Consumption (W)

Power Consumption (load)

Crysis DX10 at 1,920 x 1,200 0xAA 16xAF, Average Power Usage

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260-216 896MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB Toxic
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB
  • Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260-216 896MB SLI
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB CrossFire
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB SLI
    • 317.2
    • 341.9
    • 343.7
    • 348.6
    • 352.6
    • 360.6
    • 373.1
    • 433.5
    • 471.5
    • 472.5
    • 494.4
    • 545.6
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
Power at socket (W)
  • Power Consumption (W)

Power Consumption (peak)

Crysis DX10 at 1,920 x 1,200 0xAA 16xAF, Peak Power Usage

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260-216 896MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB Toxic
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 1GB
  • Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 1,792MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260-216 896MB SLI
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB
  • ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB CrossFire
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1GB SLI
    • 326.2
    • 353.1
    • 355.9
    • 357.0
    • 376.9
    • 384.6
    • 392.4
    • 459.8
    • 497.8
    • 498.9
    • 525.1
    • 579.1
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Power at socket (W)
  • Power Consumption (W)

It's a little more power hungry than a stock Radeon HD 4870 1GB, but there's nothing out of the ordinary going on here.
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