29 Jun
2006
29 Jun
'06
5:37 a.m.
Bryan Pope wrote:
And even if you get a card that fits in your bus, you
have to make sure
your power supply can handle it! :( I bought a PCI video card online
only to find out when I got it that the power supply had to be at least
250W! This was on the outside of the box but was not mentioned on
the online site.
You know your video card is too powerful when it needs its own power
connector. Seriously, a lot of the newer cards actually have a HDD-type power
connector on them, and they take their 5V straight from the power supply
instead of through the PCI connector.
I seem to recall there are a couple of high end cards that need *two* such
connectors due to their insane power consumption. Something like 225W just for
the graphics card...
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