450 Watt PSU Enough for...

[Lawl Attack]

a GTX 260 card? im currently running...

Foxconn A74MX-K Motherboard
AMD Dual core 5000+ (Over clocked from stock 2.6 Ghz to 3.06 Ghz)
2x1 GB ddr2 Kingston RAM
LG Dvdrw/cdrw combo drive
BFG 450 Watt GS Series
HIS Radeon 4650 512mb

it recommends a 500+ but id rather not buy a new PSU (Just bought it this year)

if i cant run this card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143140

Whats the best PCIE card for about $160? i dont care whether its Nvidia or ATI as i wont run it in crossfire and my motherboard doesnt support SLI.

 

[Lawl Attack]

straight from the manufacturers website:
http://www.bfgtech.com/bfgr450wgspsu.aspx

also the 260 is posts faster framerates than the 4870 correct?

 

[Lawl Attack]

Thanks for the help ct1615, i was just afraid i would bottleneck the card with my PSU.

 

[rewindlabs]

Thanks for the help ct1615, i was just afraid i would bottleneck the card with my PSU.

You can't bottleneck the card with a psu....what resolution are you playing at? its kind of pointless to get one of these when a 4770 or similar would be more than enough....

 

[Lawl Attack]

I Ended up getting this card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150352

I'm satisfied with my purchase.

 

[photonboy]

I agree, it will likely work.

"bottleneck" is not the correct word. For example, when you say a CPU bottlenecks a graphics card it means that the game won't run any faster even if you get a better graphics chip or overclock the current one. If a PSU isn't good enough your system has either intermittent glitches or completely crashes.

 

[Lawl Attack]

Well in that case, is there a chance my current CPU will bottleneck my soon to be new card (Linked in an earlier post)? i did overclock it from stock 2.6 ghz -> 3.06 ghz stable no issues for a week now...

 

[rewindlabs]

No....damn i want to grab that 4870...i might just buy one later this week if its stays at that price...

 

[Lawl Attack]

they had that deal up earlier today, and it sold out in less than an hour! i set it on auto notify and when it came back in stock i got one (if you scroll down the page you can get battle forge or stormrise for free with the card! shipped for free also)