what the wattage needed for this GPU to run in a decent 3D game?
1142962
According to the manufacturer this card needs 550W:http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4102#sp , Power requirement = 550 W
1142963
I'm using a 750 watt power supply, and have had no issues. My old PSU was 700 and it was fine in there too.
1142964
I know what the manufacturer calls for but I wouldn't use less than a good 750 watt power supply.
1812942
Dear friend, I strongly recommend at least 300-350 watts per video card. So just for the cards you would need 900-1050 watts. You still need some more power to the rest of the system. Get that 1600 psu ASAP...
603131
The TDP of the card is advertised as 150W, although it should be a little lower considering it can still be overclocked within it's physical power input restrictions (75W through pci-E slot + 75W from the 6-pin connector). But yeah, 150W is a safe estimate. As to the wattage required to run a system (i.e. power supply requirement) people will throw random numbers at you like 500W PSU or better, but the truth is that it all depends on the hardware you are running. I suggest you do some google search for a power calculator and do your own math and see what kind of PSU you're going to need.
1701025
Look up the wattage of the graphics card, but the answer should be "yes", if you don't have too much crazy stuff
2281943
Here is info from the GeForce NVIDIA Web site: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-630/specificationsThermal and Power Specs:Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) 49WMinimum System Power Requirement (W) 300 W
2281942
Here is info from the GeForce NVIDIA Web site: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-630/specifications Thermal and Power Specs: Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) 49W Minimum System Power Requirement (W) 300 W
1081596
I'm gonna be safe and tell you that 300 watts is dangerously low for this card. I would recommend at least a 500 watt power supply. Anything below that and you're pushin' it. You also have to take into account the other things in your build, like CPU and how many Hard Drives you've got. So a 500 would definitely give you plenty of power for the 650ti boost, as well as giving you room for future growth.
324419
Depends on the rest of your hardware. This card uses 150w, you will have to calculate the rest on your own.Minimum recommended is 500w.
1317258
It is recommended that you use a 400 watt power supply by AMD, but in reality all this is for is to save themselves from hearing about defective cards from users that may have cheap or low end power supplies. I have one of these running in my secondary rigs with a 300 watt power supply without any issues what so ever. Though 300 Watts is as low as I would go.
864976
What Zachary said. 650 watts is more than enough power to run that card and a bunch of HDDs, disc drives, and peripherals. You picked a great card, too. Not too loud or hot, plays today's games with maxed out settings at a consign at 60 fps or higher and I've had no driver issues to date. Happy gaming.
997089
The power supply must be 350W or greater (with a minimum 12V current rating of 20A). One card which consumes less power is the Evga GeForce GT 430 requiring 300 Watt or greater with a minimum of 22 amps on the +12 volt rail. The lower memory capacity has less heat but less gaming satisfaction, and it's compatible with Windows 7.
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.
868814
I'm running this card with an i7-3770k, 16GB RAM, HDD, blu ray drive, loads of fans using a 300W PSU. All is well. It's about 65w for the card.
366408
Check out your spec's at Dell and then compare with NVidia site http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-630/specificationsThe main thing is to be sure you computers Power supply is sufficient. This card requires a minimum of 300 Watts.
646388
Considering that on average, while running newer games on Ultra settings, I'm only using a total of around 330 watts, I would say it'll probably work. On the other hand, there's literally no reason to use two of these in SLI; even with just one I can run any new game on the highest possible settings in every area and still get 60+FPS. The second card won't do anything.
2250565
found this forum post. according to it: "...a minimum of a 500 Watt or greater power supply." www.tomshardware.com/forum/348776-33-radeon-7850
2272827
The card itself is rated by Nvidia to use about 155 watts. If your just running one you won't need to buy a real heavy power supply. the computer I built with this card calculated to use just under 400 watts overall (and I put a 4th gen i5, 8 gigs of ram, 2 hard drives, multiple fans, 2 DVD/blu ray roms, and a decent mobo) and I used a 500 watt psu. Just make sure your power supply has the proper connectors ( you will need an 8 pin and a 6 pin connector to power this card, careful not to confuse your 8 pin motherboard connector with your 8 pin video card connector.)