ASUS debuts GeForce GTX 950 without a power connector

[HEXUS]

Yet it still offers faster than reference clock speeds.

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[sirtrouserpress]

If it has no external power connectors then the TDP must also be low, as such whats the deal with the large cooler, surely a single fan would suffice

[lumireleon]

the power going to the PCIE is also dependent on the power supply or all PCIE have a standard of 75W?

[krazy_olie]

If it has no external power connectors then the TDP must also be low, as such whats the deal with the large cooler, surely a single fan would suffice

Two fans can shift the same amount of air as a single one at significantly lower volumes

[Ttaskmaster]

So the big thing here is the lack of power connector... and yet, despite the most common view we'll get of our cards being the front and top, they still show loads of underside pics of the fans and not the front where the very subject of the article would be...

GPU photographers suck...

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Yet,its a huge card for being bus powered - at least make it single slot or shorter!!

My GTX960 is probably more compact.

It's a crying shame we never saw this particular GTX750TI made by Elsa sold in the UK:

http://cdn.overclock.net/b/b4/b4d135fc_36a.jpeg



Single slot and bus powered too.

[lumireleon]

TOO BAD it does not have VGA port.

[malfunction]

TOO BAD it does not have VGA port.

And no 25 pin serial port either!

[scaryjim]

And no 25 pin serial port either!

Ignoring the sarcasm, anyone with a 20" CRT that they've managed to keep in good condition could be rueing the lack of a native VGA. My old CRT did 2048x1536 @ 60Hz, and 1600x1200 @ 85Hz. Those are the kind of specs that would match nicely to a GTX 950...

I mean, sure you can run an adapter off a DVI-I, but it's not as neat...

[malfunction]

Ignoring the sarcasm

Would I cease to exist?

[scaryjim]

Would I cease to exist?

No, sadly no matter how hard you ignore the sarcasm, it always comes back....

[Plasmastorm]

Now we wait for all the folks with crappy OEM psu's to cry when they fail due to running at the limit.

[Kebab]

Yet,its a huge card for being bus powered - at least make it single slot or shorter!!

My GTX960 is probably more compact.

It's a crying shame we never saw this particular GTX750TI made by Elsa sold in the UK:

http://cdn.overclock.net/b/b4/b4d135fc_36a.jpeg



Single slot and bus powered too.

Galax did release a single slot 750Ti purely PCIe powered.
http://www.galax.net/GLOBAL/750tirazor2gb.html

[OilSheikh]

Whne did graphics card go from single slot to dual slot , from 1 tiny fan to 3 massive fans, from requiring no PCIE power to requiring 2 x 8-pin PCIE.

I applaud Asus for this miracle.

[scaryjim]

When did graphics card go from single slot to dual slot

I believe that was with the GeForce FX 5800, back in January 2003

from 1 tiny fan to 3 massive fans

Not sure about the first 3 fan cooling solution (it may have been an aftermarket) but gigabyte started putting Windforce 3X on their cards with the GTX 470/HD 6850 back around 2010, so it's been quite a while...

from requiring no PCIE power to requiring 2 x 8-pin PCIE.

Erm ... never, AFAIK. I'm pretty sure that both the GeForce 6800 and the Radeon X800 - the first PCI-E cards - required PCIe power connectors. The AGP bus provided less power, and there were plenty of cards on AGP that also required additional power from 4 pin connectors (either floppy or standard molex).

I applaud Asus for this miracle.

Really? I'm kind of hoping that's sarcasm...

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Galax did release a single slot 750Ti purely PCIe powered.
http://www.galax.net/GLOBAL/750tirazor2gb.html

Yeah,some retailers like OcUK sold it but it is stupidly long with the cooler overhanging the PCB!!