Asus has unveiled a new version of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 950 graphics card ideal for ultra-compact, low power builds. It has no need for a 6pin power connection. Instead, it runs solely off the PCIe slot thanks to its 75W power limit.
According to AnandTech, the GTX950-2G has the kind of performance and clock speeds you would expect from a normal GTX 950, despite the lowered power. It has 2GB of 6.6Gbps GDDR5, 48 texture units, 32 ROPs and a 128-bit GDDR5 memory interface. The frequencies have not been lowered, however AnandTech points out that lower power cards often have a reduced hard power limit, so are more likely to power-throttle. It has core / boost clock speeds of 1026MHz / 1190MHz, with 1051MHz / 1228MHZ in OC mode.
In addition, this is the first 75W or lower card to feature hardware-accelerated decoding and encoding of H.265 video, and s HD 2.2 content protection over HDMI 2.0. So, this new card will be useful if you're using your PC to watch high quality video. Good for an HTPC, perhaps?
The Asus GTX950-2G is due for release on March 16, but we're still waiting to hear a price.
