Wednesday, March 16th 2016
MSI Launches New GeForce GTX 950 Graphics Cards with 75W Board Power
The new MSI GeForce GTX 950 models are the latest addition to MSI's line-up of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 900 series graphics cards. They demonstrate just how power efficient NVIDIA's Maxwell architecture can be, using only 75W power while still providing full GeForce GTX 950 performance. Due to this extreme efficiency, the new MSI GeForce GTX 950 models require no additional power from PEG connectors, but are powered completely through the PCIe slot. The new MSI GeForce GTX 950 models offer gamers with moderate budgets a perfect choice with smooth and solid gaming performance at Full HD, especially in MOBA games. MSI GeForce GTX 950 series cards are equipped with MSI's renowned Military Class 4 components to ensure the highest level of durability and stability.
When used with MSI's famous Afterburner overclocking utility, users can control the MSI GeForce GTX 950's core and memory clock speeds for fine-tuned performance in their creative apps. Afterburner supports the video capturing function Predator and can even be used on smartphones to monitor and control the graphics card in desktop computers. Combined with the Kombustor burn-in testing feature, Afterburner is an essential tool for everyone looking to get the most out of their graphics card.
34 Comments on MSI Launches New GeForce GTX 950 Graphics Cards with 75W Board Power
If not, then I am curious to see how relevant those power-limited cards are in front of the (supposedly) upcoming 950 SE.
How many watts do fans usually need to operate on a GPU?
My predictions are they don't boost and sit at the base clock all the time, or practically all the time, or they draw more than 75w from the PCI-E x16 slot.
Even a slight vdrop can reduce the power consumption significantly.
To make a 90W card run in a 75W constrain MSI had to reduce the power draw by less than 20%, which is quite doable.
Maybe not the best example, but downvolting my Xeon from 1.25V to 1.0V at stock clock, and dropping RAM voltages a bit have reduced my total system power consumption by over 20% while keeping the system stable and cool (I don't have a watt-meter, but UPS relative load dropped from 47% to 39% during gaming).
GM206-251 is the same chip, that's used in 950SE with one extra SMX unlocked
Some stutter or framerate drop in-game is obviously bad, but crashing is much worse.
Oh, and the PCIe slot below looks fine. Just use that one instead :D
there is a peg connector right there
does not compute
in b4 "oh its better to have it just in case it consumes a bit more"
just lie to me more on that copy
in b4 "its there but its not required"
i got pennies to spare - said no corp ever
You can see the difference (I took the photo from MSI official pages) :
V1 version, look at the red box, you can see the 6-pin power connector pin (covering the soldering point) and the power connector itself (covering the white power conector marking on the PCB):
V2 version, again, look at the red box, the white power connector marking is still visible meaning there's no power connector installed and also look at the empty soldering point :
The single fan version would be better suited to small builds running stock.
www.techpowerup.com/91388/triplex-designs-radeon-hd-4830-without-auxiliary-power-connector.html
www.msi.com/Graphics-cards/#?category=NVIDIA-GeForce%3Csup%3E%26reg%3B%3C%2Fsup%3E-GTX-950
It's a mess and you can easily buy the wrong card.