ROG STRIX RX 480 8G Review: Controller, UVD, VCE and Watt | Polaris Graphics Card

ROG STRIX RX480 8G GAMING

5. Energy consumption

Power consumption was measured using a Corsair AX1500i power supply via Corsair Link interface and HWiNFO64 monitoring software version 5.35-2950. The power consumption of the entire system was measured without taking into account the display. The measurement was carried out in 2D mode during normal work in Microsoft Word or browsing the Internet, as well as in 3D mode. In the latter case, the load was created using four successive cycles of a swamp-level intro scene from Crysis 3 at 2560 x 1440 pixels at maximum graphics quality settings and using MSAA 4X. Let’s add that the graph shows both the peak power consumption in 3D and the average u200bu200 value for the entire test cycle.

Let’s compare the level of power consumption of systems with video cards tested today according to the diagram.

The power consumption of the system with the AMD Radeon RX 480 video card did not exceed the configuration consumption with the Radeon R9 380X and turned out to be much lower than the Radeon R9 390 video card. However, compared to the system in which the GeForce GTX 1060 is installed, the new product loses a lot to one class of video cards. They oppose each other. So, if the configuration with the GeForce GTX 1060 at peak load consumes only 461 watts, then with the Radeon RX 480 it actually consumes 518 watts, which is 12.3% more. In terms of u200bu200 average power consumption, the picture is almost the same, and in 2D NVIDIA is more economical than AMD. Of course, the level of power consumption of video cards is not a determining factor when choosing them, but we cannot help but note that AMD in this indicator is inferior to its eternal competitor.

conclusion

Summing up today’s material, we can briefly summarize that at the moment, the AMD Radeon RX 480 is inferior in performance to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 by about 14-15%, but in the latest games that support DirectX 12, the difference between these video cards is reduced. Therefore, we can assume that Polaris still has potential. In terms of power consumption, AMD also lost this round in favor of NVIDIA – at the moment, the reference card GeForce GTX 1060 is more economical than the Radeon RX 480. As for the overclocking of both video cards, we will draw conclusions after checking the original models with Reinforced printed circuit boards and efficient cooling systems. In addition, in the near future, the test batch will include two new games with DirectX 12 support, which may also affect the power balance between AMD and NVIDIA in this class of video cards.


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