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Thread ID: 51507 2004-11-23 00:25:00 Power Hungry Basterds Nighthawk (5846) Press F1
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295152 2004-11-23 00:25:00 techreport.com

graphics cards take up alot of power (about 230W) when loading.....
lets say a graphics card like gf 6600GT @ 230W with a athlon 3200+
and the basic computer hardware... how much Watts would u need to keep that beast stable? along with all the other basic hardware using their own average power consumption
Nighthawk (5846)
295153 2004-11-23 00:31:00 Still fairly trivial : One computer I used had a 4000A 5V supply, a Cray 2 used about 30kW, some of the 1000+ processor cluster supercomputers would pull over 250kW. (Plus airconditioning to get rid of the kilowatts). Graham L (2)
295154 2004-11-23 00:34:00 ............huh? Nighthawk (5846)
295155 2004-11-23 00:38:00 Wow - now I know why I needed a new power supply for my 9800... ;) HadO (796)
295156 2004-11-23 00:50:00 Power Hungry Basterds


from the thread name i though that it was a anit-microsoft thread :-)
robsonde (120)
295157 2004-11-23 00:57:00 That power requirement was for the total system.The 230W also included the AC/DC conversion losses. XbitLabs has articles nailing just the power used by the video cards. PaulD (232)
295158 2004-11-23 01:15:00 thank you very much sirs
woot whos keen on the geforce 6600GT apg? its 128bit but still kicks ass
Nighthawk (5846)
295159 2004-11-23 01:15:00 was the title really necassary? :o flotus (6370)
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