• lowest power draw
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I have four graphics cards that i pulled from dead machines (the cards are all working) and i want to know what is the card with the lowest power draw as it is going to be installed in my garrys mod server. i have a geforce 2 MX400 (64 MB of vram) a ATI RAGE 128 pro (16 MB of vram :pcgaming:) a radeon 9250 (256 MB of vram) and a radeon 9550 (also 256 MB of vram) currently i have the RAGE installed And before you tell me to look for charts i already did and i have not found any thank you.
I think it's the Rage... I'm not too certain though.
Probably the RAGE? You probably have to test them, I don't think anyone is still going to have live info about these cards.
Geforce 2 has the lowest power draw.
The geforce 2 was recommended to be used with a 200w psu. The RAGE 128 was a notoriously hot card, which would lead me to believe it used a lot of power. And the 9250 is recommended for 300w. So... go for the geforce 2. Ideally onboard video would be best.
[QUOTE=Split3ndz;20080343]The geforce 2 was recommended to be used with a 200w psu. The RAGE 128 was a notoriously hot card, which would lead me to believe it used a lot of power. And the 9250 is recommended for 300w. So... go for the geforce 2. Ideally onboard video would be best.[/QUOTE] Actually it was hot because the heatsinks on them were shit. But it requires a 250w PSU anyway, so Geforce 2 is still the answer.
[QUOTE=Split3ndz;20080343]The geforce 2 was recommended to be used with a 200w psu. The RAGE 128 was a notoriously hot card, which would lead me to believe it used a lot of power. And the 9250 is recommended for 300w. So... go for the geforce 2. Ideally onboard video would be best.[/QUOTE] my motherboard does not have a intergrated GPU ill swap it over to the geforce 2 tomorrow. [editline]02:24AM[/editline] i have just found another card behold: the NUMBER NINE with 2MB of Vram
number 9s were shit :v:
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;20093991]number 9s were shit :v:[/QUOTE] Hey, it ran Doom 3. Edit: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n7raLRUiCw[/url] (Call of Duty 4)
fff typo, I meant the shit. that one word completely fucked up my phrase's meaning.
[IMG_thumb]http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/noobtrap3000/graphicscardlineup.jpg[/IMG_thumb] Take your pick. top : geforce 2 middle left : 9550 middle right : 9250 bottom left : number nine bottom right : RAGEQUIT
if no one replies im gonna just install the nine
what does it matter? they are all low power and either one will do
I vote number nine
[QUOTE=sbradford26;20109040]I vote number nine[/QUOTE] number nine it is [editline]12:34AM[/editline] [QUOTE=rampageturke;20108682]what does it matter? they are all low power and either one will do[/QUOTE] this server is on nearly 24/7 and every little bit of power adds up its even using a laptop drive because of this
My server is using two 10,000 RPM drives because it costs literally an extra two cents every month.
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;20109273]My server is using two 10,000 RPM drives because it costs literally an extra two cents every month.[/QUOTE] well everething is cheaper in america here, not so anyways its for noise too as this is right next to my head when sleeping
sorry, but i have nowhere else to put it.
[QUOTE='[EG] Pepper;20118887']sorry, but i have nowhere else to put it.[/QUOTE] thats a poor excuse-
[QUOTE=rampageturke;20120244]thats a poor excuse-[/QUOTE] Its the only place where the HDD wont get fucked up from the bass seriously there is a 12" car subwoofer in the closet i lost my last PC's HDD because of this (was under the desk) [editline]08:22PM[/editline] this was taken around a year ago when it was first built [IMG_thumb]http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo200/noobtrap3000/HPIM0348.jpg[/IMG_thumb] sitting on my chair not quite finished
my 2 subbys have never done anything to my pc, your paranoid
I may be a little paranoid, but it is in a place where i can get to the innards quick lets just let this thread die
Sounds good. :waycool:
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