GPU heat and watt benchmarks?

[mgr]

Maybe I've gone blind, but I can't find ANY heat and watt benchmarks for GPUs here or any other review sites. What am I missing?

I'm spec'ing out a new high end system for Photoshop CS4 for when Windows 7 releases October 22nd and want to get the best OpenGL GPU for Photoshop that I can without wasting pointless watts or adding heat.

I'm not a gamer (solitaire sometimes ), and don't need the card for anything besides Photoshop.

Where can I find watt and heat benchmarks?

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

nvidia.com has the wattages (and the temps, i believe) for their cards, i would hope ati does the same.

 

[jaguarskx]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/

Example:

Nvidia GeForce GTX 275: Worthy Rival to Radeon HD 4890

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/bfg-gf-gtx275oc_5.html#sect0

 

[mgr]

You are a saint for providing those charts. That is exactly what I wanted. As far as temp and watts go, it looks like I want the GTX 260.

Now for a bit of research to see if the GTX 260 compared to the GTX 285 would cause a performance hit in Photoshop CS4 on a 30" monitor. If anyone has any ideas about that, I'd appreciate your thoughts.

Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Interesting. Nvidia site says the GTX275 should have just over 200 Watts and the 285 GTX is just under 200W. The Ati 4890 is 180-190 depending on who you listen to. Apparently Ati doesnt provide specific power ratings like nvidia.

For gaming the 260 is about 10% slower than a GTX 275 which is 5% slower than a GTX 285 (A 275 is a 285 gpu with the 260s memory bandwidth). I dont have any idea about photoshop performance.

 

[mgr]

For gaming the 260 is about 10% slower than a GTX 275 which is 5% slower than a GTX 285. I dont have any idea about photoshop.

Appreciate the % figures on the three cards. Thanks.