Real Power Consumption - 4870 X2 & GTX295 out of Spec!

[Eastcoasthandle]

See, that is the fault with your analogy. Truck companies TEST their trucks for maximum payload. Who cares if 98% of the people never reach that payload, or if the "regular" payload is alot less. The fact is the truck companies give you the maximum payload and the truck is 100% capable of that. Graphics card companies, according to this article, seem to give you a maximum wattage but not when the card is being pushed at 100%.

Actually no it's not the fault of my analogy or the other poster's analogy. The car analogy is just fine when explaining the actual load used between that program and daily programs and games used. After reading this post it's clear to me (at least it's my opinion) you simply don't understand what's being conveyed. Regardless, the difference between the load from daily programs and games (IE a car with 4 occupants) vs a stress test/torture test program (IE: a car pulling a boat) is quiet clear for some of us.