Quote Originally Posted by clonez View Post
me wants xt for new rig in jan, but PLEASE, better idle power consumption
I'm just plain confused about idle power consumption for the 4850, have the power consumption dropped with newer SKU's or drivers or not?

Anandtech: The 4850 system uses 43 W more in idle than the GTX 260 system.
Bit-Tech: The 4850 and the GTX 260 system uses the same amount of power in idle.