Can I run a Geforce 6800 on a 350 watt power supply?

[AL BE]

I am thinking about buying my friends geforce 6800. Will i be able to run it on a 350 watt power supply? I had it running for about 4 hours with no problems. Will it cuase any problems if I run it long term?

 

[Eureka]

Yeah, and no, lack of power should not be a problem other than your computer crashing during a taxing game.

Norm

 

[amdskip]

It depends on what the rest of the computer amounts to. If it's just a basic system with a quality 350w power supply you might be able to get away with it.

 

[AL BE]

My system is a:
P4 2.8
Asus P4800
120 gb SATA HD
80 gb SATA HD
Radeon 9600xt
350 watt antec power supply

 

[imported_Phil]

Should be fine.

 

[Markbnj]

I think that's pushing it. The specs call for 400w.

 

[Spineshank]

Depends on how many amps are on the 12v. Good quality PSU you can probably do it no problem. A crappy one thats a different story.

 

[modedepe]

It'll should be fine. Here's what I have running off a 350W Antec PSU:

A64 2800+
DFI Lanparty NF3 250Gb
2x160GB HD
1GB RAM
6800
NEC 3520A
48x CD-RW

Haven't had any problems at all.

Originally posted by: Markbnj
I think that's pushing it. The specs call for 400w.

The specs for my BFG 6800 only call for 300W.