[dominique120]

how many watts is the max a video card uses

thanx

 

[Sacre]

Depends on the video card...

 

[Ghostscript]

Depends on whitch card you're talking about... the one in you're sig uses around 120 watt under load I believe..

 

[T3hFurious1]

What card do you have?

 

[Juggalo23451]

for what card

 

[0rion]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sacre Depends on the video card...

Yep, it really depends. Low end cards that are newer use less, because they have less going on, and are a smaller nanometer build process than older low end cards. Similarly, high end cards use a lot of power under load. With dual GPU cards, power consumption is almost double what a single card would take. For instance a 4870X2 takes almost double the power a 4870 does.

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp try this, its a power supply calculator. Fill out the specs, and put whatever gfx card in you want, and it'll estimate the power consumption of the whole rig.

 

[dominique120]

see i want to buy a new video card but i dont know wich one is for my psu

 

[Sacre]

You'll have to ask around about the Micronics brand, but I know that a 520W Corsair is enough to power an 8800 Ultra (MASSIVE power hog) and an OC'd E8400.

So you should be fine for a mid level card. 9800 GT is a great performer. 4830/4850 as well.

 

[Juggalo23451]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dominique120 see i want to buy a new video card but i dont know wich one is for my psu

gtx260,gtx285

 

[Sacre]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juggalo23451 gtx260,gtx285

Somewhat overkill for a P4...

I'd say 4830 or 4850 would be a good bet. Or 9800 GT or GTX depending on your budget.

 

[0rion]

Remember that his chip is a pentium 4, which wont handle a LOT of the graphics cards just suggested.

 

[Juggalo23451]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sacre Somewhat overkill for a P4... I'd say 4830 or 4850 would be a good bet. Or 9800 GT or GTX depending on your budget.

just noticed that i would go for a 8800,9800gt, or a 250gt basically a 9800

 

[Maddog7771]

500-600w for a typical non sli cf build

 

[linskingdom]

I haven't used that Micronics 550 psu so don't know what it can do on 12v. A generic 550w psu usually has less 300w on 12v. That's something needed to be considered, Also, It is P4 so don't pick any GPU over 8800GS.

 

[rambow70]

he said max like which one takes the most! o and idk it

 

[dominique120]

tanks to all my dessision is a 8600gts

+ Rep all

 

[Brythe]

A 4670 would do you much much better than a 8600GTS.