New low power 9600 and 9800 cards announced by Inno3D

AZBrandon · Post by **AZBrandon** » Mon May 04, 2009 9:16 am

They're claiming up to 40% lower power draw than the reference parts with even the 9800GT not requiring a PCI-e power connector. That might make it the most powerful video card that doesn't require a PCI-E power connector.

Inno3D announces E-save editions of video cards

Inno3D wrote:The Inno3DÂ® GeForce 9 series E-Save edition is build to save energy. The power consumption can be reduced down to 40% in 3D mode and 60% in idle mode.

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Inno3DÂ® GeForce 9 series VS Inno3DÂ® GeForce 9 series E-Save

* Uses G94-350/359 55nm GPU
* Enables idle mode
* Enable Phase switching with new PCB design
* Runs at 1.0V core at Ultra Low Voltage
* Removes the 6-pin power connector

With the TDP of the 55nm 9800GT being 105 watts and their claim of 40% lower draw in 3D mode, I calculate that to mean 63 watts for the 9800GT. That should be cake to cool with an S1 or similar heatsink if you wanted to go passive on the video card.

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Mon May 04, 2009 10:18 am

you already can passively cool regular 8800 GT / 9800 GT fine without fan on Accelero S1...

AZBrandon · Post by **AZBrandon** » Mon May 04, 2009 10:20 am

Well with these cards you should be able to do so on lower case fan speeds and with less energy usage. Good from a heat, power bill, and environmentalism standpoint.

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Mon May 04, 2009 10:35 am

Environmentalism... new word for marketing same old slightly tweaked. Buy this! Save the world! I hardly buy that. World would save more energy if peoples would turn off their AV system's off and not use ready state. You would save a lot more energy that way...

shleepy · Post by **shleepy** » Mon May 04, 2009 11:05 am

thejamppa wrote:Environmentalism... new word for marketing same old slightly tweaked. Buy this! Save the world! I hardly buy that. World would save more energy if peoples would turn off their AV system's off and not use ready state. You would save a lot more energy that way...

That and not buy new stuff! It takes a crapload of energy and resources to manufacture something like a video card... And don't get me started on hybrid cars.

But I do welcome the new 9800GT as a competitor to HD4670 for best video card that should work fine with a PicoPSU (given other low-power components).

edh · Post by **edh** » Mon May 04, 2009 12:17 pm

You can just undervolt a standard card to the same 1.0V from the stock 1.1V and get a significant saving. They also may be using split 2D/3D speeds which is unfortunately missing from the reference design.

confusion · Post by **confusion** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:52 pm

Contrary to the marketing-speak, these aren't unique to Inno3D; EVGA has one too, at Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130485

According to VR-Zone, it's another reference design which nVidia calls the "Green Edition":
http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-to-r ... l?doc=6499

No power connector and TDP of 59W is nice, but no one mentions the idle power draw, which is the number I'd like to know. I don't like the look of that fan either and since it's two-wire it's probably not quiet.

shleepy · Post by **shleepy** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:51 am

confusion wrote:Contrary to the marketing-speak, these aren't unique to Inno3D; EVGA has one too, at Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130485

According to VR-Zone, it's another reference design which nVidia calls the "Green Edition":
http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-to-r ... l?doc=6499

Umm... yes, that's the 9600GT. The far more interesting Inno3D card is the 9800GT that doesn't have a power connector. AFAIK, that IS unique for now.

confusion · Post by **confusion** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:17 am

Oops, well I should've said it was the 9600GT.

Far more interesting is subjective; I'm far more interested in the 9600GT since it'd presumably have lower power draw and as I wouldn't be using it for games it's more than powerful enough.

rei · Post by **rei** » Wed May 06, 2009 1:20 pm

Hmm, that looks shorter. I wonder how long the PCB is and if it will fit in my Asus T3.

rei · Post by **rei** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:07 am

From Feb: http://xtreview.com/addcomment-id-8020- ... n-PCB.html

The 9800GT looks to have a shorter PCB length as well and may be the fastest available card in that size.

rei · Post by **rei** » Wed May 20, 2009 8:12 am

Bah, nvm, looks like the final PCB uses a different fan: http://hothardware.com/News/ZOTAC-Intro ... 800GT-Eco/