Best graphics card that runs on 550 Watts powers suply or less

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Kalle Foogle Ulusoy

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I have a ATI 7770 and a GTX 660-TI both runs smoothly on my 550 watts power supply. But I need a new card. So my question is, what is the best Graphics card I can get that runs on the same wattage as the 7770 or the 660 or even less. I don't think i can run any higher then 300 watts graphics cards or am i wrong?
 
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That powersupply isn't any good, I'd replace it before doing anything else. That said it's got about 16 amps on each of the 12v rails. So that's 192 watts. Minus about 20% to be on the safe side with that PSU, and you've got around 150 watts or so... Looking at the actual power consumption charts 150 watts is about what a gtx 660ti pulls, do that's your best card... (which you already own.)

Go out and buy a nice PSU (at least 45amps on a single 12 volt rail), I hear xfx has some good deals, as does corsair, evga, and rosewill. Here's a good one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438014

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Operating System
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 2320 @ 3.00GHz 34 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
8,00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Acer Predator G3610 (CPU 1) 36 °C
Graphics
ASUS VE278 (1920x1080@60Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (MSI) 29 °C
Storage
931GB Seagate ST31000524AS (SATA) 34 °C
298GB Seagate ST320LM0 00 HM321HI USB Device (USB (SATA)) 27 °C
29GB SanDisk Cruzer Blade USB Device (USB)
14GB SanDisk Cruzer Blade USB Device (USB)
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH70N
Audio
High Definition Audio Device
Power suply
LITEON PS-6451-5 450 Watt Power Supply PSU (121)
1 x 24-pin ATX Connector
1 x 4-pin P4 Connector
1 x Floppy Connector
2 x Molex IDE Connector
4 x SATA Connector
1 x 6-pin + 1 x 6/8-pin PCI Express Connector

 
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That powersupply isn't any good, I'd replace it before doing anything else. That said it's got about 16 amps on each of the 12v rails. So that's 192 watts. Minus about 20% to be on the safe side with that PSU, and you've got around 150 watts or so... Looking at the actual power consumption charts 150 watts is about what a gtx 660ti pulls, do that's your best card... (which you already own.)

Go out and buy a nice PSU (at least 45amps on a single 12 volt rail), I hear xfx has some good deals, as does corsair, evga, and rosewill. Here's a good one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438014

 
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Great stuff, couldn't have said it any better.
 
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