I was reading comments on the Sapphire X1950 Pro card (256mb) and someone said it needed 30A from the 12v rail (most of this PSU talk means nothing to me). I checked the Corsair site for my power supply - the 520 HX - and it seems to list the 12v rails as being 18A each???
http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/HX_power_supply.html
Also here is a bit of a clearer table -
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article692-page1.html
However some peoples reviews say they are using 420w power supplies with no problem on this card and presumably they probably aren't any higher. Plus it seems to be aimed at serious gamers and the like, so I presume it would be designed to run the latest graphics cards...
EDIT: If this isn't up to the job I'm thinking about getting either the Seasonic S12 600w (£85) or the OCZ GameXStream 700w (£74, oddly as the 600w one is £100???)
http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair/HX_power_supply.html
Also here is a bit of a clearer table -
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article692-page1.html
However some peoples reviews say they are using 420w power supplies with no problem on this card and presumably they probably aren't any higher. Plus it seems to be aimed at serious gamers and the like, so I presume it would be designed to run the latest graphics cards...
EDIT: If this isn't up to the job I'm thinking about getting either the Seasonic S12 600w (£85) or the OCZ GameXStream 700w (£74, oddly as the 600w one is £100???)