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Can I run a Hd radeon 5770?

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Hi, I was reading around the forums to find the amperage that the 5770 requires and it seems that a 30A - 40A +12v is required to run this card. But I was wondering if any one has been able to run it w/o meeting the amperage requirements, because my OCZ ModxStream 600W only has 25A on each of its +12v rails.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Here's my setup: AMD PII X4 955 @ 3.7
4GB DDR3 Corsair memory (2x2gb)
2 DVD Drives
1 Hard Drive
3 case fans, 1 cathode light

Thanks in advance.

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Its the combined 12v rating that you're looking for, and I would suspect that with 2x25A max rails your combined 12v output will be about 40-45A. A 5770 is only spec'ed for about 110w peak draw. 110/12 = 9.2A - and they never use this much in the real world anyway. The 30-40A is a total system rating and basically covers the manufacturer for you putting one in a overclocked quad core system with about 80 HDDs and a million fans, or one with a cheap PSU.
Bottom line is OCZs are fairly good and you can run a 5770 easily with that PSU - you could crossfire 2 of them even.
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This was a misinterpretation of ATI's suggested PSU sizes for an entire system that keeps getting repeated. The math just doesn't work.

40 amps x 12 volts = 480 watts.

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/ati-rad...

450 Watt or greater power supply with one 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and two 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)

So how could ATI say your entire system could run conservatively on 450 watts when the GFX card was pulling 480 ???

You can do the math yourself here:

http://www.antec.outervision.com/PSUEngine

the 5770 works out to a peak 119 watts or just under 10 amps.

darkslash_323 said:
Ok, thanks. I was wondering if anyone has used the MSI 5770 before, because its on sale at Fry's right now, but one of the Newegg's review says the fan sucks and temperatures are pretty high.

http://www.frys.com/product/6139339#detailed

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

I not sure other's brand.
I have Sapphire HD 5770 Vapor-X, and it works nice on cooling.

38°C on idle, and never over 60°C during game like L4D.
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