MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G Review

To test power consumption today we are using a Keithley Integra unit and we measure power consumption from the VGA card inputs, not the system wide drain. We measure results while gaming in Tomb Raider at 4k resolution and the synthetic stress test Furmark – recording both results.

The Maxwell architecture is extremely power efficient – seen before with the excellent GTX750 ti, which took all the power it needed from the PCI e slot.

MSI's GTX970 Gaming 4G idles around 8 watts, rising to just below 140 watts when gaming. The Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X OC by comparison consumes 237 watts under gaming load.

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