- #NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 2GB GRAPHICS CARD INSTALL#
- #NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 2GB GRAPHICS CARD FULL#
- #NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 2GB GRAPHICS CARD PC#
Let's move to the next page where we'll look into GPU heat levels and noise levels coming from this graphics card.Fermi reimagined What does history teach us
#NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 2GB GRAPHICS CARD PC#
Here is Guru3D's power supply recommendation: Again the Wattage shown is the card with the GPU(s) stressed 100%, showing only the peak GPU power draw, not the power consumption of the entire PC and not the average gaming power consumption. So this is a calculated value, albeit a very good one.Ībove, a chart of relative power consumption. Mind you that the system wattage is measured at the wall socket side and there are other variables like PSU power efficiency. Subjective obtained GPU power consumption = ~ 173 Watts.
#NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 2GB GRAPHICS CARD FULL#
We however are not disclosing which application that is as we do not want AMD/ATI/NVIDIA to "optimize & monitor" our stress test whatsoever, for our objective reasons of course. We decided to move away from Furmark in early 2011 and are now using a game like application which stresses the GPU 100% yet is much more representable of power consumption and heat levels coming from the GPU. If we take a very-harsh-on-the-GPU gaming title, then measure power consumption and then compare the very same with Furmark, the power consumption can be 50 to 100W higher on a high-end graphics card solely because of FurMark. Furmark is so hard on the GPU that it does not represent an objective power draw compared to really hefty gaming. Note: there has been a much discussion using FurMark as stress test to measure power load. The before and after wattage will tell us roughly how much power a graphics card is consuming under load. We simply stress the GPU, not the processor.
The methodology: We have a device constantly monitoring the power draw from the PC.
Let's have a look at how much power draw we measure with this graphics card installed. No further configuration is required or needed.
#NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 680 2GB GRAPHICS CARD INSTALL#
Don't forget to connect your monitor, you can now turn on your PC, boot into Windows, install the latest compatible NVIDIA GeForce Forceware driver and after a reboot all should be working. Preferably the PEG headers should come directly from the power supply and are not converted from 4-pin Molex peripheral connectors. Once the card is installed and seated into the PC, we connect the two PEG power connectors to the graphics card. Preferably your power supply is compatible most high-end PSUs built after the year 2008 have these connectors as standard. Installation of any of GeForce graphics cards is really easy.