Quote Originally Posted by LordEC911 View Post
I don't know about the rest of them, which I doubt, but hardware.fr definitely did not. If they did, they didn't mention it.
Uber is stock. Maybe you meant to say Uber isn't default?
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.

Quote Originally Posted by LordEC911 View Post
I didn't see them mention the list of games they used for power consumption.
I don't see them testing the card by itself...
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.

Quote Originally Posted by LordEC911 View Post
I thought you didn't need to look at GTX480 reviews. You supposedly know it all.
I don't recall you asking for 5870 to be clocked up so that it could be at the same temperatures as GTX480... or the same power consumption
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.