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 The power consumption levels of the ASUS Radeon HD 3850 X2 are quite high, though this was to be expected given that this is a dual GPU solution. That said, at idle the Radeon HD 3850 X2 actually used slightly less power than the GeForce 9800 GTX, and significantly less than the GeForce 9800 GX2. However when under load the Radeon HD 3850 X2 did use 15% more power when compared to the GeForce 9800 GTX, while using 6% less than the 9800 GX2.  The operating temperature of the ASUS Radeon HD 3850 X2 was also very remarkable, reaching just 60 degrees when under full load. The VisionTek Radeon HD 3870 X2 is also very impressive, though this graphics card does also feature a high performance after market cooling solution. As you can see, the ASUS Radeon HD 3850 X2 runs considerably cooler than the GeForce 9800 GTX, particularly when at idle. |
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