Does the Geforce draw too much power ? Are there problems ?

[vinayag]

What is the deal with the Geforce drawing too much power from the motherboard ? Is there any incompatability with existing motherboards ?
Is there a solution ?

I also heard that the Geforce 2 is better in terms of power ? Any info is appreciated.

 

[RicePudding]

With almost all present day motherboards there are almost no power problems with a Geforce, according to what the specifications are it uses about 16 watts i think, boards such as the AsusK7V, K7M, Abit KA7, etc... basically all new boards will have no problems with this as long as you have a sufficient power supply ie: 300 is usually good

The geforce 2 uses ~8 watts so it should work a lot better

hope this was of a help...

 

[vinayag]

That was more than enough. Thanks. Junior member Huhh ?

 

[Orbius]

I've heard of people running Voodoo 5's on 200W systems, so I think the problems with Geforce/2 was never the amount of power they drew, but instead the finnicky nature of the cleanness of the power they received.

 

[vinayag]

Hey, what about the new Geforce MX. Does anybody have a idea of how much power it draws ?

 

[AMB]

My GeForce worked Ok with a 230W PS

 

[duff2k]

The GeForce2 MX only draws about 4W of power - 1/2 of the GeForce2 GTS and 1/4 of the GeForce 256, and that is pretty good if you ask me...

BTW - the mobile ATI Rage chipset draws 2W - 1/2 of the GeForce2 MX, that's why the GeForce2 MX is still too juicy for the mobile market.

duff