News - ZOTAC releases GeForce 9800 GT Eco edition

[HEXUS]

ZOTAC's latest eco-friendly part promises to help out with the power bill.

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[miniyazz]

A heatsink that covers the entire card, and they still couldn't make it passive. Strange, seeing as I recall Hexus writing about a passively cooled 9800, and that would fit in with reduced clocks and make it more appealing for an htpc build.

[Methanoid]

Does Nvidia really think any user is DUMB enough to believe they produce economic cards? I mean check the power consumption of their cards vs AMD-ATIs? They lose hugely at idle (less so under load but still lose) at the same performance levels.

I used to love Nvidia but they have lost the game in power consumption having been thoroughly ass-whipped

That recent 9600GT Green POS was just that.. a POS...

The ONLY good thing was that this one ALMOST made it to being a passive cooled card!!

[LuckyNV]

A heatsink that covers the entire card, and they still couldn't make it passive. Strange, seeing as I recall Hexus writing about a passively cooled 9800, and that would fit in with reduced clocks and make it more appealing for an htpc build.

it is single slot and doesn't look like it has any heat pipes either, passive cooling a 9800GT isn't easy.

[CK_1985]

it is single slot and doesn't look like it has any heat pipes either, passive cooling a 9800GT isn't easy.

Too true. Have you seen Gigabyte's passive 4850? It's dual-slot, weighs about 3 tonnes and runs hotter than the sun. That's not a vastly more powerful card so to expect this to come in single-slot and be fully passive is a bit ambitious...

Provided the fan's a fairly decent one (ie quiet), I think Zotac have gone down the right route here.

[handscombmp]

My friend may actually be interested in this as it doesn't need a sin pin PCI power connector and he doesn't want to buy a new PSU.

[Sumanji]

My friend may actually be interested in this as it doesn't need a sin pin PCI power connector and he doesn't want to buy a new PSU.

Likewise - I have a couple of mates who bought Dell Vostro rigs together, but they don't have PEG power connectors! Their 8400 desperately need replacing...