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The 9400GT is less powerful than 9500 so burns less power.<br>
The 9400GT is okay but not quite perfect. Have not found any GT220
silent cards here yet.<br>
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The later chipsets are more efficient & support better power
saving modes.<br>
Will always have better driver support for Nvidia.<br>
Same applies to the mobo chipsets & CPUs.<br>
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The GT220 is available as a silent version overseas but I have not seen
it in NZ. Could be delayed due to Nvidia having yield problems with
chip production (TSMC fab).<br>
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According to wiki:<br>
The peak power (full load) consumption GT220 is similar to 9500 but the
GT220 should be lightly loaded doing h.264 decode etc.<br>
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My observation no measurements: <br>
The GTX260 core 216 does not spin up (increase from idle) the cooling
fans doing h.264 decode.<br>
I am not recommending the GTX260 for HTPC tho' !<br>
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On 6/02/2010 8:48 a.m., Hadley Rich wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Better still get the GT220. This has full hardware decoding & much
better performance v.s. power dissipation.
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Are there fanless GT220 cards around yet? The better power consumption is
appealing but noise is a deal breaker.
hads
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