any recommendations...
currently i have a 7600GS...is it work getting something really low level (as long as it has DVI) to reduce the heat output of my system?
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The list is kept here.gb115b wrote:any recommendations...
currently i have a 7600GS...is it work getting something really low level (as long as it has DVI) to reduce the heat output of my system?
If you look at the second graph arranged by idle power you see the Radeon HD 4650 at the bottom. Get a 4650 with the lowest power memory--the slowest DDR2 (no G) or maybe GDDR4. You may think it strange that a fairly fast gaming video card with a 55W TDP would be the best choice, but it probably is.
A cheap Radeon HD 4350 or 2400 XT is not too bad either, but cheap video cards might not implement idle power saving properly.
AMD's 740/780G IGPs idle <1W. Intel's IGPs are power hogs, and they actually consume more power when not being used (i.e., it takes more power to support a PCIe card). The G33/Q3x is the lowest power Intel desktop IGP at 5.75W idle / 14.5W TDP using IGP and 5.9W idle / 16W TDP using a separate video card.Mohan wrote:Would be interesting how low onboard graphics devices with DVI support would go...
Ah cool, thanks. Does this also include laptop devices? Given these figures the 4670 design would give a perfect laptop card...QuietOC wrote:AMD's 740/780G IGPs idle <1W. Intel's IGPs are power hogs, and they actually consume more power when not being used (i.e., it takes more power to support a PCIe card). The G33/Q3x is the lowest power Intel desktop IGP at 5.75W idle / 14.5W TDP using IGP and 5.9W idle / 16W TDP using a separate video card.Mohan wrote:Would be interesting how low onboard graphics devices with DVI support would go...
Until someone runs Furmark on the laptop and the 4670 actually needs 70W of power!Mohan wrote:Ah cool, thanks. Does this also include laptop devices? Given these figures the 4670 design would give a perfect laptop card...
The 4670 is basically designed to take advantage of all the 75W specified for a standard PCIe x16 slot and no more. I am a little surprised that lower power forms of the 4670 aren't in more notebooks, but the Geforce 9800M/9600M variants are pretty decent.
