Can a 500w psu power 2 gpus

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Can I power dual gpu's with a 500w psu?

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Depends on the psu and cards.


Message edited by DellUser1 on 10-27-2009 at 07:57:09 PM
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I want to run 2 4870's in Crossfire, I will have to look at the exact PSU, but I know it has 2-12v rails

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I am running an i7-920 CPU a 7200 RPM 1TB HDD and a 22x DVDRW as well. I really need to look at my system to see exactly the models of all my components.

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xl7zandy wrote :

I really need to look at my system to see exactly the models of all my components.


And then post those specs.

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