if i have a 300W power supply will i need to upgrade it to use this card?
1241064
That's not what Sapphire says... I know the other person here said it was a lower power requirement card but in all honesty you should listen to the manufacturer when they tell you the minimum requirements. In this case this card requires at least a 500w PSU. "500 Watt Power Supply is required. 600WattPower Supply is recommended for CrossFireX System." - http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/product_index.aspx?pid=2040&lid=1#
1241065
That's not what Sapphire says... I know the other person here said it was a lower power requirement card but in all honesty you should listen to the manufacturer when they tell you the minimum requirements. In this case this card requires at least a 500w PSU."500 Watt Power Supply is required.600WattPower Supply is recommended for CrossFireX™ System." - http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/product_index.aspx?pid=2040&lid;=1#
1241066
No your perfectly fine since this card is a low power consumption card. Now it depends on what kind of processor you have. If you have intel you may need to upgrade it. If you have an amd like a 4100 your perfectly fine. If you have that processor and gpu it only requires 240 watts
585561
You power supply (PS) should have a connector that will mate with the graphics card. If no, you probably have an under-powered PS and need to upgrade.
1693856
It only has 300w P/S. I believe the card you want requires a minimum 500w, 600w is recommended.
1913627
No. If a power supply says it's 300w, you will actually get less than that.
1986189
You better upgrade your power supply at least to 400 watt. Check the power requirements of this card.
2183305
CarolineYes but only mid level card the 300 watt Power supply won't support the high end cards.PC Mag did a good review of this PC http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2413568,00.aspI hope this is helpfulRick
1416480
I looked up that build and I don't know that the power supply is beefy enough, 250 or 300w is the size I found for it. 400w is the minimum for this card I believe. (mine is 450w and I have had no issues with the card at all.) I can't recommend it for you on that computer, because it would likely cause issues for you. Sorry. :/
86653
I believe so... The card doesn't need it's own power supply, so you should be good. It does require the pci-e slot on your board.
63114
In all honesty a 250w power supply means a lack of power and I would question if you had the right hardware to support this card in the first place. Get a larger power supply they are cheap
84708
Should work fine, card is fairly small and does not need more than like a 450w ps.
1690035
You may try it, although 300W is on a low side and it may force you to go to 450-500W power supply for any further upgrades you may have in mind. I put it in the system with 650W and it works great.
797102
According to NVidia, this card pulls 49 watts. It does not have any 6 or 8 pin power connectors. As long as you have at least a 300 watt power supply, it will be fine.
618403
no it's not. You need at least 550W to get the full potential of this card.
1968832
the specs on this card's webpage say the minimum wattage power supply required is a 450W, however if your power supply is of low quality (many are) 500W probably wouldn't be enough. personally, i would upgrade to a 600W just in case, and also so that there is more room for power in the future.
983222
must be pci express 16, most cards are best check for that spec. to get the best performance from the card you may need to upgrade the ram and power supply. the provided 300 watt power supply should power the card but for full performance its always best to upgrade to at least a 500 watt power supply, especially for heavy gaming.
1968833
It is highly unlikely that you will need to upgrade your PSU. It is all dependent on what your other hardware is as well, but I doubt you will need to upgrade.
1609038
It's really more complicated than that, the card itself is 60W TDP (Thermal Design Point). You must consider your system's makeup -- i.e. processor, expansion cards, USB devices, drives, # monitors, and memory. Try searching on "power supply calculators" to see.That said, this card's TDP is so low, most systems should run it fine. A 300W PSU with an i7 CPU and lots of peripherals might have issues.