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Bofferbrauer2 said:

kirby007 said:

i never heard someone say that they care about consumption

Hey, I undervolted my CPUs in the past to limit consumption. And I know a lot more people doing so.

JEMC said:

We visit different forums.

Back during the HD 7970 vs GTX 680, and specially once Nvidia launched Maxwell and drastically reduced the power consumption of their cards, it was a theme I read a lot of times in forums. After all, with lower power consumption comes lower heat, netter thermals that keep the card at higher clocks, more chances of getting a higher overclock, and things like that.

Was even worse with the 580. Remember all those Fermi Thermi jokes? Good times...

Spoiler!

For those who missed those times, AMD wasn't much more efficient with their 6970 vs the 580 - but the 580 generally hit 90ºC while it's Radeon counterpart stayed below 80ºC. Did I mention that the 6970 was sold at $250 while the Thermi was almost $400?

Oh, yes. And the 580 was a big improvement over the awful GTX 480, with some even posting pics of their smoking cards.