I need some help.

[kacation_man]

I need some help finding the Power Supply requirements of this graphics card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102073

I need to find it for that exact card, not just the build of the card, but that whole thing because the same card from different companies require different power. The one from Dimond requires at least 420watts but the same card from ati only requires 350. i need to know what this exact one requires. any one out there have one and know what it needs?

 

[Asus]

This card won't be pulling more power that a 400watt PSU can't handle unless you either have a lot of hard drives or a lower grade shitty PSU (low amps on the +12V rail).

 

[giant384]

different companies wont pull different power, its all still the same ati card. some of them just have different recommendations

 

[kacation_man]

well my friend had purchased this card, but had not thought of its power requirements before hand. He has a 350watt PSU. do you think he can run it? I think he only has 1 hard drive. but he has also had a PCI slot lan port ( the one on this mobo burned out ) and a PCI slot fan ( along with 3 other case fans. ) Is he really gonna need a more powerful power supply?

 

[Asus]

If it's a newer PSU designed to put more power on the +12V rail then a 350watt PSU would easily do it. Assuming he doesn't have a power demanding CPU. If it's a generic 350watt PSU then it would be closer to it's limit (they can't use 100% of their rated power) but still probably able to run it. The 1650 pro's were pretty low on power.
http://guru3d.com/article/content/388/3/

 

[kacation_man]

well, hes got a Pentium 4 cpu

 

[VirusType2]

what happens if the PSU cannot supply enough power?

What happens to the GPU, CPU, mobo, etc. Could it damage anything or just cause slow-down, or what?


Also, I think video cards list minimum power supply requirement, but PSU's advertise their power in maximum... (which anyone knowing anything about advertising - particularly maximum output ratings.. .they are going to stretch the facts in their favor as much as possible - meaning, it can't really do that much.)

 

[Asus]

If there is not enough power it would just turn off. Unless of course the PSU is a cheapy and it doesn't know when enough is enough (smoke out the back of the PC).

The watts recommend for a video card on the box or spec sheet isn't the minimum. They take the power draw of their card (~50 to 150 watts?) and add the power of what a current system might draw (your PC might be under that system they picked to figure the watts). And then they might exaggerate a few watts because different PSUs are going to give more or less what they are rated for. They don't want the customer to come back complaining that their video card busted when the customer had a cheap 350watt PSU that can only really delivers 320 watts.
That might be why some could run a 9800pro with some 300 watt PSUs even though it was recommended to have at least a 350watt.

 

[VirusType2]

If there is not enough power it would just turn off. Unless of course the PSU is a cheapy and it doesn't know when enough is enough (smoke out the back of the PC).

The watts recommend for a video card on the box or spec sheet isn't the minimum. They take the power draw of their card (~50 to 150 watts?) and add the power of what a current system might draw (your PC might be under that system they picked to figure the watts). And then they might exaggerate a few watts because different PSUs are going to give more or less what they are rated for. They don't want the customer to come back complaining that their video card busted when the customer had a cheap 350watt PSU that can only really delivers 320 watts.
That might be why some could run a 9800pro with some 300 watt PSUs even though it was recommended to have at least a 350watt.

oh OK.