question about power supply needed for the 9600 GT
Posted 18 February 2008 - 11:44 AM
NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Video Card Features - Launch Close
ChileHardware published slides yesterday claiming the GeForce 9600 requires a 400W power supply that requires 26A on the 12V rail. Unlike previous mid-range GeForce cards, the D9M will require a 6-pin supplementary power connector, so get those power supplies upgraded if need be. The 9600 GT's core will be clocked at 650MHz and connect to memory over a 256-bit bus running at 900MHz, DailyTech notes. It's not yet known how many unified-shader Stream Processors the chip will contain. A single GeForce 9600 video card requires a 400W power supply with 26A on the +12V rail.
If it is true, will this power supply work with it?
Posted 18 February 2008 - 11:46 AM
Edited by brandon, 18 February 2008 - 11:47 AM.
Posted 18 February 2008 - 11:58 AM
Posted 18 February 2008 - 11:59 AM
No prob dude. Why wait, and end up paying more for something that doesn't outperform what is available now?
Posted 22 February 2008 - 10:10 AM
Is the ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT Extreme 512MB GDDR4 better? Would my power supply be ok with this?
Posted 22 February 2008 - 12:39 PM
Posted 22 February 2008 - 01:12 PM
The 3870 actually uses slightly less power than the 9600GT.
i see, so which would you go for 3870 xt or 9600 gt?
Posted 22 February 2008 - 01:51 PM
Posted 22 February 2008 - 02:13 PM
3870 hands down. Not only is it faster than the 9600GT, it uses slightly less power, and it can be paired up with a 3870X2 so you can run three cards in Crossfire.
thanks a lot brandon, been a big help. going to order the 3870 xt cheers
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