PowerColor HD6870 Eyefinity 6 Edition CrossfireX 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. The best way to get maximum load results is by using Furmark, and even though it is not indicative of a real world situation it shows the limits the card can theoretically demand. The ‘gaming’ results are measured when playing Crysis Warhead and is a more valuable result to take from this.

The PowerColor HD6870 Eyefinity 6 Edition is a very efficient card, demanding only 17 watts when idle and 118 watts when under gaming load. Two of these cards in CrossfireX would demand less than 250 watts when gaming.

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