Hi everyone,
I bought the Nvidia GeForce 9800GT for my little brother to use on his system. Unfortunately, he has problems with the video card driving his HMDI only monitor and cannot get full HD resolution out of it so he gave it back to me.
I recently pulled a 350 watt power supply from my Dell Studio desktop to be used on my Compaq system. I was wondering if that power supply can drive the GeForce 9800GT?
Power supply specs:
Manufacturer: Bestec
Output:
+5V 18A
+3.3V 17A
+12VA 12A
+12VB 18A
-12V 0.8A
+5Vaux 2A
+3.3V & +5V 160W Max
+12VA & +12VB 300W Max
The eVGA 9800GT has a 6 pin power input. The box states "350 Watt or greater power supply with a minimum of 24 amps on the +12 volt rail."
It seems that I've met the minimum wattage, but what about the ampere? Do you add the +12VA +12VB together to get the total amp? Or does the highest number the max number as in 18A?
Thanks,
Gnimble
I bought the Nvidia GeForce 9800GT for my little brother to use on his system. Unfortunately, he has problems with the video card driving his HMDI only monitor and cannot get full HD resolution out of it so he gave it back to me.
I recently pulled a 350 watt power supply from my Dell Studio desktop to be used on my Compaq system. I was wondering if that power supply can drive the GeForce 9800GT?
Power supply specs:
Manufacturer: Bestec
Output:
+5V 18A
+3.3V 17A
+12VA 12A
+12VB 18A
-12V 0.8A
+5Vaux 2A
+3.3V & +5V 160W Max
+12VA & +12VB 300W Max
The eVGA 9800GT has a 6 pin power input. The box states "350 Watt or greater power supply with a minimum of 24 amps on the +12 volt rail."
It seems that I've met the minimum wattage, but what about the ampere? Do you add the +12VA +12VB together to get the total amp? Or does the highest number the max number as in 18A?
Thanks,
Gnimble