ASUS ROG Matrix HD7970 Platinum

TEMPERATURE & POWER CONSUMPTION

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To measure both power consumption and heat, we stress the video card and record the peak values for heat and wattage. These are measurements taken from the wall socket so its the wattage being drawn by the entire PC. Take note that these also peak values and not the average that these cards will consume. To compute how much power is being drawn by the card, we subtract the idle temps from peak temps to get a rough idea of how much power the card draws. The HD7970 is rated for 210W. ASUS’ HD7970 Matrix Platinum variant draws around 270W maximum load.

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I know I’m starting to sound like a broken record when I go on about ASUS’ DirectCUII cooler and it’s performance (yes, I intentionally left that in since the last DirectCUII post), well it is effective and as we can see in the charts above still keeps the Matrix Platinum at our preferred sub-80*C temps. V