Efficiency
3DMark Vantage Score per Watt and Efficiency
These results reflect the power consumption testing: the Nvidia GeForce 9400 mGPU platform required less energy (in watt-hours, not watts per hour) to complete three full 3DMark Vantage run.
Since 3D performance is much higher while the system required less power, the 3DMark score per watt-hour is significantly better on the Nvidia solution. In terms of 3D performance per watt, the G45 loses to the GeForce 9400 mGPU.
Our 3DMark power/performance diagram shows us the fastest system combinations (their lines terminate first), and it shows us the power consumption at every time during the benchmark run.
PCMark Vantage Score per Watt and Efficiency
Once 3D requirements are minimized, the power used to complete a certain workload is similar on both platforms. In this case we used PCMark Vantage.
The PCMark Vantage score per watt-hour used is similar in both cases, which means that efficiency of the G45 and the GeForce 9400 mGPU are similar in office and multimedia environments.
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another article to prove that Intel IGP is inferior
..and the reason why people still buy AMD rigs
I hope nVidia picks up this. There are similar problems when trying to source drivers for AMD platforms, or find general information on their feature sets. With different labels to represent the same product it can be very confusing. Surely they can simplify it.
Could you run an AMD card in the NVidia board and use physx accel through the mobo?
Wow, Is Tom's Hardware saying that the G45/ GeForce 9400 motherboard architecture has made such a leap forward in power efficiency that the 'System idle power'(if not quite peak power) figures are not that dis-similar to the G31 motherboards reviewed in the "G31 And E7200: The Real Low-Power Story" story?
http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 39-13.html
The power savings from the G45/ GeForce 9400 motherboard architecture(s) must be considerable considering the extra power required for the Quad processor's and all the extra components on the G45/GeForce 9400 motherboards ......
Have the G45/ GeForce 9400 motherboards knocked the G31/ E7200 combo of their low power perch?
No you cant run physx on the 9400 and then run an ATI GPU for gaming.
who the hell wants to run ati lolz. Nvidia always provides better clarity and perforamnce amd/ati has always got error , bugs , delays and ofc HEAt issues!