moooore WATTS?? mercyyy

[se 7 en]

hello guys,
i plan on buying msi 6800gt on a 425w PSU
i've read some people saying they encountered problems
with that kind of card on a 480w psu which were sold after upgrading
to a 550 psu...
i mean come oooonnnn do i really need that much?
those babes (psu-s) cost a lot
are those 6800gt-s really that thirsty?
thanx

 

[Rage187]

um, I have it running on a shuttle 240.


Only way you have upgrade is if you have a crappy no name PSU.

 

[SneakyStuff]

No, in fact a quality 350 watt PSU will run it just fine as long as you don't overclock.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Shuttle 240Watt for Rage 187. That spec is well well over what you need. Nvidia assumes you have a cheapo generic PSU. IIRC the GT only uses around 110Watt max load, and the X800XT only uses like 87 Max load. Youll be fine!

-Kevin