Will my psu be enough for this card?

[icecold2974]

Hey,

I recently bought a new psu, Antec Basiq 500w dual rail with 18 amps on both 12v rails. I was wondering if it is capable of running an Ati radeon hd 3850. I recently asked if it could run an 8600 gts but now decided that I might get this one instead, if my psu can power it.

Thanks in advance.

 

[abhik]

Yes, more than enough

 

[icecold2974]

Thanks for quick reply

 

[th_username]

yes

 

[Nik_I]

i'm powering my radeon HD4850 with the same amount of power. so you should be fine. unless of course you need to have 8 hard drives connected and you have an insane overclock on your cpu

 

[icecold2974]

Lol, thx

I will probably settle with a 512 mb ddr4 radeon 3870 though. This is only cuz at microcenter they sell one for less then the 3850...which is wierd too. lol

 

[rwayne]

You are good to go. I think the 3870 only requires 450 Watts at an absolute max. There are some great deals on the 3870s right now but if I were you I think I would go for a 4850 for just a little bit more and get A LOT more performance!

A 3870 underperforms an 8800GT by quite a bit.

The HD4850 beats the 8800GT by 22% plus matches the performance of a 9800GTX.

The HD4850 has the same power requirement as the 3870.

 

[icecold2974]

hmm problem about that is I cant spare 50 more bucks. I needa buy a card now to test my new build to see if it actually works, and if it doesnt I will be able to return all the pieces I bought. I only have 10 days or so to return it and I am on a tight budget. but yes I do wish I could get a 4850 instead....

 

[rwayne]

Get a 3850 then. You can find them on newegg for $89 after rebate and the performance is not a whole lot different than a 3870.