Energy efficient GPU

[wilsonstark35]

I'm building a new PC, which is going quite well and not actually why I'm asking.

My question is actually about how to make my old PC a bit more environmentally friendly as a home server. It was a gaming system, so it doesn't have any on-board graphics options (and my current GPU is going into the new machine) so I'm going to buy a cheap GPU for the old system. Any recommendations of PCI E video cards that use very little power? Most of the time this thing isn't even going to be hooked up to a display at all...

Thanks for any help and/or suggestions.

 

[x-nitrous-x]

check this chart out..

http://mark.zoomcities.com/images/gfx/GFXpowerchartbyidle.png

from the looks of the chart I would get the nvidia 7300LE

 

[shadow187]

The HD4650 uses 40W of power, as far as I know. Is $50.

 

[brett1042002]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102828

Sapphire 4350 1gb DDR2 $39.99.... cheap.

 

[EXT64]

Yeah, for minimal display requirements, I second the 4350. All of the low ATI 4000's are very power efficient, but for what you descirbe I see no need to go above the minimum (in cost and power).

 

[x-nitrous-x]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102828

Sapphire 4350 1gb DDR2 $39.99.... cheap.

+1 for the 4350

 

[wilsonstark35]

Thanks very much for all your answers. I'm going with the Sapphire 4350 suggestions, especially since there's a fanless option, but I'm giving the best answer to nitrous simply because that chart is such an awesome resource, and I didn't manage to find it despite all kinds of google effort

 

[EXT64]

That is an awesome chart. Nice find!

 

[x-nitrous-x]

no problem.. glad we could help you out..

 

[cknobman]

4670 is the most powerful pcie card you can get that runs soley off pcie power.