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Power consumption doesn't really matter much on desktops unless your power is incredibly expensive and/or you game ALL day. 

Anyways, I believe 980 is the most efficient enthusiast card out atm

Power consumption doesn't really matter much on desktops unless your power is incredibly expensive and/or you game ALL day. 

Anyways, I believe 980 is the most efficient enthusiast card out atm

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Enthusiast GPU and low power consumption. You cant have your cake and eat it too (or whatever that saying is) :P

The Nvidia GPU's are much more power efficient than the AMD ones if thats what you're asking.

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Enthusiast GPU and low power consumption. You cant have your cake and eat it too (or whatever that saying is) :P

The Nvidia GPU's are much more power efficient than the AMD ones if thats what you're asking.

If much more means approximately 30$ per year of savings, than yes, much more.

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If much more means approximately 30$ per year of savings, than yes, much more.

 

If you're comparing the ~170W of the 980 to the ~280W of the 290X then thats a lot in my book... Nobody's talking about $ savings on your electricity bild.

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If you're comparing the ~170W of the 980 to the ~280W of the 290X then thats a lot in my book... Nobody's talking about $ savings on your electricity bild.

Well of course 280 is a higher number than 170. Assuming you don't have a 450 W PSU (if you have a high end GPU) then what is there other than cost of operation as a mean of weighing one option over the other in terms of power consumption ? 

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Well of course 280 is a higher number than 170. Assuming you don't have a 450 W PSU (if you have a high end GPU) then what is there other than cost of operation as a mean of weighing one option over the other in terms of power consumption ? 

 

Noise, Heat, Overclockability to a certain extent (heat)

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