Hi,
I like many others am fed up with the whole recomended specs thing with graphics cards and so am setting out to increase my understanding of how the power is supplied.
Can someone please tell me if the PCIE connector has to deliver 75 Watts as standard ?
I beleive the PCIE slot on the MOBO is 75 watts as standard ?
So and i realise there is a good chance it wont work like this but. If i have a dedicated PCIE cable and not one cobbled together fron a couple of Molex connectors, then does it follow that i am capable of supplying 150 Watts to any GPU ?
This sort of logic worked with the older cards that didnt use power cables, "If the card hasnt got a power cable it will run ok as the slot has to supply enough power as standard".
So does it work that way or not ? If not please could someone either direct me to a good source of info so that i can get a better understanding of it myself or possably offer a brief explanation.
Thanks
Mactronix
I like many others am fed up with the whole recomended specs thing with graphics cards and so am setting out to increase my understanding of how the power is supplied.
Can someone please tell me if the PCIE connector has to deliver 75 Watts as standard ?
I beleive the PCIE slot on the MOBO is 75 watts as standard ?
So and i realise there is a good chance it wont work like this but. If i have a dedicated PCIE cable and not one cobbled together fron a couple of Molex connectors, then does it follow that i am capable of supplying 150 Watts to any GPU ?
This sort of logic worked with the older cards that didnt use power cables, "If the card hasnt got a power cable it will run ok as the slot has to supply enough power as standard".
So does it work that way or not ? If not please could someone either direct me to a good source of info so that i can get a better understanding of it myself or possably offer a brief explanation.
Thanks
Mactronix