Video Card + Power Supply Question
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I just bought an EVGA e-Geforce FX 5200 128MB Light Edition and it said requires min of 300 watts for the power supply. However my research on the web showed that a majority of the FX5200 cards sold today only requires a 250 watt power supply. My supply is 250 watts.
I played NHL 2005 on full detail (minus the antiailsing I dont use that anyways I mean if it plays without it , it plays without it right ? ) And ... I encountered no Lockups.
Inside my tower .. I have one AGP Slot and 3 PCI Slots. One slot is being taken up .. the AGP slot .. of course by the video card. And one slot is being taken up by my Dialup Modem
I dont plan to use the 2 slots as I have plenty of USB ports and firewire ports built into the computer, plus I only need 2.1 sound so I use the built in sound and dont plan to upgrade to a PCI sound card.
Do you think EVGA is stating the minimum "Reccomended" Power supply as opposed to the "absolute" minimum power supply required?
Im lost here.
I havent encountered any problems so far , what is everyones take on this.
I played NHL 2005 on full detail (minus the antiailsing I dont use that anyways I mean if it plays without it , it plays without it right ? ) And ... I encountered no Lockups.
Inside my tower .. I have one AGP Slot and 3 PCI Slots. One slot is being taken up .. the AGP slot .. of course by the video card. And one slot is being taken up by my Dialup Modem
I dont plan to use the 2 slots as I have plenty of USB ports and firewire ports built into the computer, plus I only need 2.1 sound so I use the built in sound and dont plan to upgrade to a PCI sound card.
Do you think EVGA is stating the minimum "Reccomended" Power supply as opposed to the "absolute" minimum power supply required?
Im lost here.
I havent encountered any problems so far , what is everyones take on this.