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Will I have enough power for GTX 295?

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Zer0Cool

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I currently have ABS Tagan BZ Series BZ800 800W PSU and I am thinking of getting the new GTX 295 card. I currently use 9800GTX and planning on upgrading my system to an X58 MOBO with the i7 Processor?etc My question is with GTX 9800 & GTX 295 + X58 MOBO + I7 CPU will the 800W be enough? I heard somewhere that for a Quad GTX 295 you need 100W so seeing how my 9800GTX is not that far away from 295 I have doubts about the necessary Watts.

Here is a link to my 800W PSU.

www.abs.com/app/bz800_details.asp

Thanks
 
1) your 9800GTX IS far away from the GTX 295 in power draw.
because a single chip from the GTX 295 would draw more power than the 9800GTX and the GTX 295 has two of those.

2) Your BZ800 should be enough as long as TOPOWER didn't do a crappy job of putting it together like some of the other BZ series PSUs
 
According to xbitlabs the 9800GTX uses ~108W and the GTX295 ~214W. I don't think that would be a problem for an 800W PSU.
 
That setup will pull something in the area of 450watts, so you're definitely fine


Although I would have gone with a different PSU company, Tagan is kind of hit or miss
 
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