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Mr5oh

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I'm building a media / emulator box for the living room (Intel G3258 build). The case I am using requires the half height / low profile brackets. Unfortunately so far I have not been able to find any video cards that have these brackets that are better than the on-board graphics?

I have a full size gaming machine the other room, so I don't need a 970 or anything, but something better than on board would be nice. Do any video cards like this exists? I would prefer to stay Nvidia, but if I have no choice to go
 
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Awesome, that looks like it might be the ticket. It just didn't come up in my search on NewEgg because it doesn't list the low profile bracket in the description, so it didn't make it into the results.

Thanks!
 
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Yeah, I really dislike how hard it is to find, because it is a great HTPC card. That's why I try to make sure I mention it whenever the opportunity arises :)
 
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I did order that card, it is scheduled for delivery tomorrow. I plan on doing some before and after benchmarking as well, along with power draw measurements.
 
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Those results would be good to have! Thanks for offering to work those out.
 
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Ok I have some interesting results. I need to go back through the BIOS as oddly enough my RAM and CPU scores went down slightly. I did have to clear the CMOS to get the video card to work, so I must have forgotten to change something. Either way huge difference in GPU performance.

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So note I'm measuring power draw from the plug side, so the computer is using slightly less than what is there. I included numbers from my Desktop as well, just for a reference. The desktop has an 80 Plus Gold PSU, the media PC is a 80 Plus Bronze.
 
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Interesting. Normally I'd think that the CPU was possibly throttling due to extra heat from the CPU, but it seems that even under Prime95 the temperatures are perfectly under control. I wonder if perhaps the Nvidia drivers add enough overhead to be noticeable in a dual core, or otherwise what else is reducing CPU performance.

Thanks for sharing the results, though! I'm sure anyone looking at this thread in the future will appreciate it.
 
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I know the motherboard defaults to 1333 on the RAM, perhaps I had it set on 1600 last time.

Also on a side note, and interesting bit, My desktop 4690K / 960 build appears to be quite a bit more energy efficent than my previous build, 3570K / GTX 570 HD (lost to a water cooling mishap). The 3570k / 570 build used 306 watts in 3dMark11 (317 overclocked), while the 4690k / 960 only pulled 249 watts, while still out-performing the previous build.
 
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That's the Maxwell architecture at work :) After the Fermi architecture, which gained the nickname Thermi based on how hot and power hungry the cards were, Nvidia decided to focus on efficiency for the next generation, Kepler. Thus, the 600 series had much better efficiency and temperatures than the 500 series, and the 700 and 900 series (Maxwell architecture) have improved even further upon that. It is nice to see how much technology has progressed in that respect :)

 
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