ASUS GTX 950 2 GB (no power connector) Review 20

ASUS GTX 950 2 GB (no power connector) Review

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Temperatures



GPU temperatures are excellent despite the quiet fan - ASUS's card never reached high temperatures.

GPU Temperature Comparison
IdleLoad
ASUS GTX 95038°C69°C
Gigabyte GTX 950 Xtreme45°C62°C
EVGA GTX 950 SSC49°C71°C
ASUS GTX 950 STRIX49°C66°C
MSI GTX 950 Gaming48°C64°C
Gigabyte GTX 950 OC32°C68°C
ZOTAC GTX 950 AMP!35°C71°C
Important: GPU temperature will vary depending on clock speed, voltage settings,
cooler design, and production variances. This table just serves to provide a list of
typical temperatures for similar cards as determined during TPU review.


Clock Profiles

Modern graphics cards have several clock profiles that are selected to balance power draw and performance requirements.

The following table lists the clock settings for important performance scenarios and the GPU voltage we measured. We performed these measurements on the pins of a coil or capacitor near the GPU voltage regulator.

GPU
Clock
Memory
Clock
GPU Voltage
(measured)
Desktop135 MHz203 MHz0.875 V
Multi-Monitor135 MHz203 MHz0.875 V
Blu-ray Playback135 MHz203 MHz0.875 V
3D Load1012 - 1202 MHz1653 MHz0.975 - 1.080 V
The card uses NVIDIA's dynamic overclocking mechanism, GPU Boost 2.0. It will dynamically adjust clock and voltage based on render load, temperature, and other factors.

For the graph below, we recorded all GPU clock and GPU voltage combinations of our 1920x1080 resolution benchmarking suite. The plotted points are transparent, which allows them to add up to indicate more often used values. A light color means the clock/voltage combination is rarely used and a dark color means it's active a lot.

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