Palit GTX 560 Sonic Platinum: consumption, temperature and noise
The GTX 560 Sonic Platinum, being overclocked, usually has higher consumption than the basic versions.Let's see the consumption recorded below:
Using a current clamp, we measured power consumption at idle, during a gaming session and during use of FurMark stress tests.
The consumption which we have recorded are respectively, 195W when the card is in idle power, 380W in a normal gaming situation and 402W when we use the FurMark stress benchmark tool.
The cooling system used, that we analyzed a few pages ago, was able to cope well with the factory overclock ensuring even fairly small temperatures and very low noise level, indicating that for this card that Palit has done a great job.
The temperature recorded in gaming is 75°, while using the FurMark stress tool it oscillates around 82°, as you can see from the screen below:
The fan used is fairly quiet at idle but also at full load. During the gaming session the noise was ever quite low, making it very quiet. Only by using the Furmark benchmark tool you can hear the fan, but this is an extreme situation that never occurs in the everyday use.
