Quote Originally Posted by Bobsama View Post
Well the 5970's total power draw is pretty close to 300W max. The GTX480, on the other hand, is about 250W max. For a single card with a single GPU, 250W is insane.
Where did you get your numbers? Pretty much every review I've seen shows the 480 exceeding the 5970, in both average and maximum power. See here for example.