9600gt Power requirements

[virajk]

I am looking forward to buy a 9600gt or HD4670.Since 9600gt would be a better option and is slightly more powerful,I want to use one.But the P.S.U I have is a 450W simple generic one,without a six pin power connector.However,would it be possible to use the card with a 4 pin to 6 pin converter (as packaged with XFX cards) to power it up? There are people who run their cards this way ,bur i want to be sure.

My system config is as follows
CPU: athlon 7850B.E
Memory: 2gb kingston
Sony ODD
Seagate: 250gb HDD
Motherboard:Asus M3N78-EM (Geforce 8300Chipset)

I will be running my games at low resolutions of 1024x768 ,but with better than medium graphics settings.

Also,what about the amperage I need to be concerned with the P.S.U to power the card?

 

[badge]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-comparison,2007-25.html

 

[virajk]

i ran the 9600GT ,with an adapter, on a PSU with 19a on the 12v rail

Wow, I've got 25A on my 12V rail.

 

[virajk]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-comparison,2007-25.html

Thanks,but how do I put these numbers/data to help me.

 

[badge]

Thanks,but how do I put these numbers/data to help me.

Well, the chart tells you what system was used with a 9600GT. Then the wattage used. At any rate, I have a single 9600GT, C2D E6600, 4 GB PC26400, Vista 64, 3 hard drives, etc. running fine on an OCZ 400w PSU. You mentioned a 450w psu which should be fine with a single 25A 12v rail. Best to just plug the 9600Gt in with an adapter and see how it goes, at idle and with the system loaded up. I concur, should work if the PSU is not junk.