HD4200/HD3300 vs Radeon HD4650

[Greg]

This question is more about power consumption than performance, as the integrated GPU would be adequate.

I've been researching the following Gigabyte motherboards GA-MA790GPT-UD3H (HD3300), GA-MA785GT-UD3H (HD4200) and GA-MA785G-UD3H (HD4200) for a media server application........no gaming. The server will be on 24/7, so power consumption is a factor that I would like to keep low.

So, if I were to get a motherboard similar to the Gigabyte GA-MA770-UD3, which doesn't have on-board video and put a Radeon 4650 into it how much power would this combo consume vs the boards with the integrated video?

Another question is how much additional power would I conume if I put the Radeon 4650 into one of the boards that already has on-board video? This would be for a server with addtional duties (HTPC).

Thanks,
Greg

[koan00]

You might find this helpful: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article910-page6.html

[Greg]

Originally Posted by koan00

You might find this helpful: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article910-page6.html

Cool..........thanks! I'll probably stick with an integrated GPU, as they estimate that it only draws a couple of watts. The video card would add an additional 16 watts.

Thanks again,
Greg