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I have a GTS 512 in the way and on EVGA's site theys state that they recommend a "Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 26 Amp Amps."

Now I have a Thermaltake Toughpower 700w power supply that has 4 12v rails I think with 18amps on each.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Show [...] wer+Supply

Now Is evga saying that you if your powersupply only has one rail that It needs to support 26amps? Or is a dedicated rail to the GPU of 18amps sufficient?

Thanks in advance for any help.

-Anthony

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You have 72A with a combined four rails you are overkill totally fine. I have a G92 on the way to. Nice card.

You actually have a 56A max across all four rails, you can't just add them together to get the max value of the power supply. You should be fine with that card.

Reply to Gravemind123

you could run 2 ultras, 4 hd's 2 dvd burners, aftermarket everything with that power supply. my brother has the same one and he run's all that stuff so don't worry and buy 2

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there was this article with a antec 320 or 350W PSU cant remember doing GTX SLI so 1 card is no problem...

i am running my asus 8800gts 512 on a corsair HX620

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------------------------------ ASUS 8800GTS 512mb / ASUS MAXIMUS FORMULA / SAMSUNG 2232BW
Q6600 G0 + Ultra-120 eXtreme + SCYTHE S-FLEX SFF21F + AS5
CORSAIR 2x1gig DDR2 XMS2 DHX 4-4-4-12 / WD7500AAKS / Corsair HX620
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ginbong46 wrote :

there was this article with a antec 320 or 350W PSU cant remember doing GTX SLI so 1 card is no problem...

i am running my asus 8800gts 512 on a corsair HX620

Could it be this one, with a e6600 OC'd w/a single 8800gtx on a 380w PSU?
8800gtx on 380w PSU!
http://www.overclockers.com/articles1452/

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Reply to lunyone

520/12 doesn't equal 56A.

Reply to nukchebi0

Where did you get 520 from?

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lunyone wrote :

Could it be this one, with a e6600 OC'd w/a single 8800gtx on a 380w PSU?
8800gtx on 380w PSU!
http://www.overclockers.com/articles1452/

hi lunyone, thats the article i was talking about!.. sorry getting bad memory from lack of sleep hehe

it wasnt SLI after all, but its still a great article.

Message edited by ginbong46 on 01-02-2008 at 06:43:26 PM

ToughPower 700w W0105RU ~56A
ToughPower 700w W0106RU ~56A

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=205763

http://thermaltakeusa.com/product/ [...] _index.asp

You have plenty of power

Message edited by kpo6969 on 01-02-2008 at 09:30:29 PM

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I have the TOUGHPOWER 850WATT PSU with 62amps on the combined 12v rails and it works beautifully.Your 700watt will handle what you have 3 times over,so no worries.Goodluck.

Dahak

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I have an Antec True Control II 550 PSU, with two +12V rails of 19A each. I beleave it is OK for my new NX8800GT video card, BUT: I´d like to know if I can use the dedicated PCI express power connector from my PSU or should I use the two-molex-to-PCI-express adapter included with the card in order to combine both rails. Could anyone set this straight to me?

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hrm. I think you will be fine, use the pci express power connector.

I'm using a Thermaltake TR2 W0070RUC ATX 430W with 18amps on the 12V for my overclocked BFG 8800GTS 512mb. Rest of the system:
Amd x2 4800 939
2X512mb ddr
2 hdds
tv tuner
x-fi sound card
dvd

No stuttering, no freezing. The thing barely gets warm. In general I think people get too worked up about power requirements.

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