GTX 550 Ti Sensors
GPU temperature and system power consumption results for a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti graphics card review under Linux on Phoronix.com in the near future.


GeForce GTX 460: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Marvell 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.13, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 280.13, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce GTX 550 Ti: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (951/2178MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Marvell 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.13, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 280.13, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce GT 520: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1024MB (810/500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Marvell 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.13, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 280.13, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600

GeForce GT 240: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB (550/1700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Marvell 88E8057 PCI-E Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.13, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 280.13, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600


Timed Idle
GPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
GeForce GTX 460 .... MIN: 35.0  AVG: 36.8  MAX: 39.0 
GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 39.0  AVG: 41.3  MAX: 44.0 
GeForce GT 520 ..... MIN: 36.0  AVG: 37.7  MAX: 41.0 
GeForce GT 240 ..... MIN: 31.0  AVG: 32.4  MAX: 35.0 


Timed Idle
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
GeForce GTX 460 .... MIN: 85  AVG: 85  MAX: 86 
GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 79  AVG: 80  MAX: 81 
GeForce GT 520 ..... MIN: 73  AVG: 74  MAX: 79 
GeForce GT 240 ..... MIN: 78  AVG: 81  MAX: 94 


Unigine Heaven 2.1
Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GeForce GTX 460 .... 40.34 |===================================================
GeForce GTX 550 Ti . 34.01 |===========================================
GeForce GT 520 ..... 6.41  |========
GeForce GT 240 ..... 23.93 |==============================


Unigine Heaven 2.1
GPU Temperature Monitor
Celsius < Lower Is Better
GeForce GTX 460 .... MIN: 40.0  AVG: 56.7  MAX: 59.0 
GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 44.0  AVG: 68.1  MAX: 71.0 
GeForce GT 520 ..... MIN: 39.0  AVG: 63.0  MAX: 67.0 
GeForce GT 240 ..... MIN: 35.0  AVG: 49.5  MAX: 51.0 


Unigine Heaven 2.1
System Power Consumption Monitor
Watts < Lower Is Better
GeForce GTX 460 .... MIN: 121  AVG: 191  MAX: 204 
GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 121  AVG: 196  MAX: 211 
GeForce GT 520 ..... MIN: 99   AVG: 112  MAX: 114 
GeForce GT 240 ..... MIN: 104  AVG: 138  MAX: 142 


GPU Temperature Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Celsius
GeForce GTX 460 .... MIN: 35.0  AVG: 55.1  MAX: 59.0 
GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 39.0  AVG: 65.9  MAX: 71.0 
GeForce GT 520 ..... MIN: 36.0  AVG: 60.6  MAX: 67.0 
GeForce GT 240 ..... MIN: 31.0  AVG: 48.7  MAX: 51.0 


System Power Consumption Monitor
Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring
Watts
GeForce GTX 460 .... MIN: 85  AVG: 183  MAX: 204 
GeForce GTX 550 Ti . MIN: 79  AVG: 187  MAX: 211 
GeForce GT 520 ..... MIN: 73  AVG: 109  MAX: 114 
GeForce GT 240 ..... MIN: 78  AVG: 135  MAX: 142