Hello everyone,
I've just built my first PC.
My current specs are:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 960T 3.4GHz Black Edition
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper-212 Plus CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 X 4GB DDR3)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA III 7200rpm
Video Card: Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 6950 1GB Video Card
Case: Cooler Master HAF X
Power Supply: Corsair 650w TX Series 80 Plus
Optical Drive: Lite-On Lightscribe SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer
I am wanting to try my hand at the PC version of Battlefield 3, however, according to www.systemrequirementslab.com, I cannot run the game on high settings because I am short on Video Ram.
My question is this:
If I were to buy another Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 6950, how many watts would my power supply need to support both cards?
Additional Note:
I did the watt calculator on Cooler Master's website, and it claimed that I would need 624 watts. However, Amazon and New Egg have the card listed as requiring 500 watts.
Any help would be gladly appreciated in my quest to build a solid gaming PC. Thank you to everyone in advance.
I've just built my first PC.
My current specs are:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 960T 3.4GHz Black Edition
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper-212 Plus CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 X 4GB DDR3)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue SATA III 7200rpm
Video Card: Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 6950 1GB Video Card
Case: Cooler Master HAF X
Power Supply: Corsair 650w TX Series 80 Plus
Optical Drive: Lite-On Lightscribe SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer
I am wanting to try my hand at the PC version of Battlefield 3, however, according to www.systemrequirementslab.com, I cannot run the game on high settings because I am short on Video Ram.
My question is this:
If I were to buy another Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 6950, how many watts would my power supply need to support both cards?
Additional Note:
I did the watt calculator on Cooler Master's website, and it claimed that I would need 624 watts. However, Amazon and New Egg have the card listed as requiring 500 watts.
Any help would be gladly appreciated in my quest to build a solid gaming PC. Thank you to everyone in advance.