I meant Boost 2.0 Kepler cards since those are the ones mainly affected by temperature. Boost 1.0 cards like the GTX 680 are barely affected. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
Yes, default. Stock is an unmodified card, I guess. Like no bios flash, no watercooling etc.
Well, you need to go to the respective reviews of course.
TPU tests with Crysis 2
PCGH tests with Battlefield Bad Company 2
hardware.fr tests with Anno 2070 and Battlefield 3
HT4U tests with Tom Clancy's HawX
I forgot what Heise tests with, I'll write them an email.
It is obvious by the values that these are only the cards themselves. The values are way too low for power consumption of the whole system. It is also well known that these sites do test that way.
What? The GTX 480 was measured as well by the sites I mentioned. What do I need other reviews for, especially with inferior testing methodologies?
And what's up with your second comment? Relevance?
The point is, quiet mode of the 290X is the default setting. Either you test both cards at default or not. You cannot have it both ways.




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