Quote Originally Posted by josty2 View Post
That's just nonsense. The card does NOT consume less power if it is cooler...
It will consume maybe 1W more, because the fan spins faster, but it will never start producing less heat by being cooler, it can just get rid of the heat easier, making it cooler...
This is actually incorrect... it's well known that transistors leak more current (static leakage) with increases in temperature.