Req : pre-release info on next gen 600 cards

Hi peeps. I was wondering if anyone here knows about the power wattage consumption of next generation direct x 10 600 series cards. I bought a computer in early 2006 with only 300 watts power supply unit and am looking to upgrade with the next gen Dx10 600 series such as 8600GT or X2600pro/XT thus was wondering so. If anyone here has inside scoop on such matter, please post a reply for me. Thanks in advance peeps!

You can never have too big a power supply (almost), go for 500+ and you'll be safe, or go for 400 and a supplemental. Go for a quality powersupply, feel free to post you choices here and we'll tell you what we feel about them. If you have a 600W supply and only pull 300W it'll run cooler and quieter (generally), and you'll only pull 300W (+inefficiencies.)

lol good advice

You'd need a new power supply for pretty much ANY card that comes out in the high end, and has done so within the past few years.

Total wattage is a rating to ignore, though; right now, I've found that Fortron-Source makes a really great 450w unit that sells for around $50US on NewEgg; it's got a pair of +12v rails that add up to some 33 amps, which means it's sufficient to power any single-card setup you can throw at it; that includes a GeForce 8800GTX, and will also cover whatever R600 shows up as.

2x 22A 12V rails looks good to me, I've got a 4 year old enermax in my old system, still strong. I think that requirements are coming in as low 30's so 44-fudge factor = 38ish should be fine.

hence the 44 subtract a fudge factor later in my reply, I was reckoning on high 30's. But I only have specs as per newegg to go on, and the fact that enermax are quite good. In fact this one might have been in one of the PSU roundups.