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Psyon · Sep 29, 2008, 03:57 PM

Reffering to these two tests it's a quite big difference (the test system is all the same):
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/160...ard/index.html

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/157...ard/index.html

showing a difference of about 50 watts under load. In other reviews I saw similar results considering the ddr5 not to be as power saving as it should be.

But I guess I should really go for the 4850 to be a bit more on the safe side.

Processor:	Intel C2D E6550 @ 3,50Ghz (500*7) @ 1,294V
Motherboard:	Gigabyte P35DS3
Cooling:	Zalman CNPS 9500
Memory:	6GB OCZ Reaper 1000/1066Mhz @ 1000Mhz
Video Card:	EVGA Geforce 7900 GS @ GT
Hard Disk:	2x Samsung HD501LJ 500GB, 1x Seagate Barracuda 250GB
Optical Drive:	LG HL-DT-ST 8164B
CRT/LCD Model:	19" CRT Samsung Syncmaster 957DF
Case:	noname Miditower
Sound Card:	Soudblaster X-FI Audio
PSU:	beQuiet! StraightPower BQT-E5 450W
Software:	Windows Vista x64 Business

Sep 29, 2008, 03:57 PM	#11
Psyon Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 33 (0.02/day) Thanks: 22 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts System Specs	Reffering to these two tests it's a quite big difference (the test system is all the same): http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/160...ard/index.html http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/157...ard/index.html showing a difference of about 50 watts under load. In other reviews I saw similar results considering the ddr5 not to be as power saving as it should be. But I guess I should really go for the 4850 to be a bit more on the safe side.