Asus EN9400GT Silent Edition Review
March 16, 2009 by Cabro · Leave a Comment
Modern integrated graphics platforms have evolved to the point where they possess all of the features of their low-end discrete counterparts with poorer 3D performance being their only failing. However, any informed user seeking good 3D performance for gaming would not consider either option, so that advantage of the budget discrete video card is all but negligible. Budget graphics cards still have some value however, for example, as a cheap upgrade for older systems incapable of decoding HD video or to support additional displays in a multi-monitor environment. There are also enthusiasts with no interest in gaming, who build PCs using ATX motherboards without integrated video. Even if they don’t play games, they still need graphics.
For such scenarios, even a bottom of the rung GPU would be acceptable. One candidate is the Asus EN9400GT Silent, a passively cooled card based on nVidia’s GeForce 9400 processor. If GeForce 9 was an office hierarchy, the 9400 would be its star mail-boy. To differentiate itself, it really only has to be silent (taken care of already) and power efficient.
