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ASUS EAH3650 TOP Review

Overclocking and Power Consumption Tests

Written by Firefox and filed under Reviews > GPUs & Graphic Cards
Published on February 14, 2008, 6:16 pm

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Overclocking Tests

By editting some configuration files, we were able to use RivaTuner to overclock the Asus EAH3650 TOP even further. After some adjustments, we were able to get the card up to 972MHz / 1071MHz (GPU/ Mem) just with the stock cooler. That's approximately 172MHz up from the already overclocked GPU and memory! The card truly lives up to its Top Overclocking Performance namesake. 3Dmark06 was run to determine how much performance there was to gain.


An additional 1020 points in 3DMark 06 from the clocks!

 Based on the new 55nm process, ATI promises lower power consumption for the GPU. We test the power consumption of the cards at idle and on load using RTHDRIBL to see how true it is.


At idle, the EAH3650 consumes a smidgen less power than the 8600GT(S) even though it's overclocked!


At load, the gap moves on to 10W from the stock 8600GTS and 4W from the overclocked 8600GT!

The 55nm process has not just helped to reduce the power consumption of the GPU but also provided for very good overclocking potential as well!