Hi guys, I'm new here and really scratching my head on this one. I'm a college student who mostly uses my little slimline desktop for surfing the web and for my digital art, but recently I've taken up MMO gaming between my studies. Last week a friend of mine stopped by and commented on how crappy the game looked on low settings, and said he had a graphics card he could give me that would be a big improvement. It turns out it's a Radeon 6670. Before I even tried to install the card I did some research and found mixed opinions on whether this card would work with my setup seeing as I only have a 220w PSU, and a few people stated that as long as there's at least 14 amps on the positive 12v rail it should be fine. (Full disclosure: this technical side of things makes my head spin a little.) I opened my case and looked at the label on the PSU only to find that there's two entries for the +12v rail.
So my main question is this: will the card run (safely) with this PSU? (I'm a 3rd-year student in a dual-degree program, so I don't have a lot of spare change to upgrade parts.)
And, just out of curiosity, why are there two +12v rails? Since one is listed as 16a, does that mean it passes the "14 amps" requirement?
Thanks for any and all help you can offer. I'm at a loss when it comes to hardware, but I will try to provide any other information that may be needed.
By the way, I believe this is my computer.
So my main question is this: will the card run (safely) with this PSU? (I'm a 3rd-year student in a dual-degree program, so I don't have a lot of spare change to upgrade parts.)
And, just out of curiosity, why are there two +12v rails? Since one is listed as 16a, does that mean it passes the "14 amps" requirement?
Thanks for any and all help you can offer. I'm at a loss when it comes to hardware, but I will try to provide any other information that may be needed.
By the way, I believe this is my computer.