For the testing stage of this review, we installed the Zotac GTX 260 AMP˛! inside the following system.

Installing the card inside such a high-spec machine will allow the card to really perform. There will be nothing holding it back.
Throughout this section of testing, we will be seeing how hot the card gets when under full operation, establishing just how many watts are used up during idle and load operations, putting the card through its paces on the latest benchmarking tools both in DX9 and DX10 and finally unleashing the card in It's favourite environment the games. We will be testing on the latest titles including the all important Crysis test to establish how well the card performs whilst under one of the most demanding games on the shelves.
Over the page and we will start with the Temperature and Power Consumption tests.
Installing the card inside such a high-spec machine will allow the card to really perform. There will be nothing holding it back.
Throughout this section of testing, we will be seeing how hot the card gets when under full operation, establishing just how many watts are used up during idle and load operations, putting the card through its paces on the latest benchmarking tools both in DX9 and DX10 and finally unleashing the card in It's favourite environment the games. We will be testing on the latest titles including the all important Crysis test to establish how well the card performs whilst under one of the most demanding games on the shelves.
Over the page and we will start with the Temperature and Power Consumption tests.





