Looks like the concepts behind cool & quiet computing are becoming more mainstream. I don't remember Tom's showing wattage consumed on hardware reviews before this.
Here's a link to the page...
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphi ... nd-13.html
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Tom's new ATI vid card review includes Heat Dissipation!
Moderators: NeilBlanchard, Ralf Hutter, sthayashi, Lawrence Lee
Apparently, since they reviewed the 7800GTX 
"When the 7800GTX launched, the claim existed that although the GPU had more transistors and more horsepower, the 24-pixel pipelines allegedly did not consume more energy than the 6800 Ultra. This turned out to be true, and since then, we have wanted to see how all cards fair in the power usage field. "
"When the 7800GTX launched, the claim existed that although the GPU had more transistors and more horsepower, the 24-pixel pipelines allegedly did not consume more energy than the 6800 Ultra. This turned out to be true, and since then, we have wanted to see how all cards fair in the power usage field. "