EVGA GTX 460 Overclocked SLi power usage?

[mrkeith]

So i seen some power usage tests with regular GTX 460's and i seen they got to 450 watts. I got a 650 watt power supply(MKii silencer) and i was wondering if I could run another graphics card. Im not sure on the wattage usage though with the overclocked editions. For sure I could run regular GTX 460's in SLI but Im not sure about the SLI. Anyone know the wattage of those cards? I want to get ready for BF3 Nothing is overclocked on my system just the graphics card from the factory.

The EVGA model is the GTX 460 SC If I remember correctly

 

[DelroyMonjo]

See if this answers any of your questions.

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=72

 

[cuecuemore]

You shouldn't have a problem, you'll be hard pressed to get both cards up to where they'd overload you PSU.

 

[inzone]

If one card requires that you have a 450w ps and you have a 650w then you will have no problem with SLI. Both cards together won't pull more than 200w.

 

[mrkeith]

awesome. thank you guys. im going to go for it and see what happens. I think i'll be safe honestly. The overclocked 460's are like having a 470 which is awesome. Anyways thanks guys. Going to search around for another graphics card. I'll ask for it for christmas

 

[mrkeith]

Where can I find EVGA 768-P3-1362-TR? I tried ghoogling it and no one sell's it no more which is crap

 

[cuecuemore]

First google result for me:

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Superclocked-Mini-HDMI-Graphics-768-P3-1362-TR/dp/B003V8ATWM

And you're doing the 768MB versions? Those take even less power

 

[mrkeith]

Well ordered it up. I guess we will just have to wait to find out if I got a big enough power supply lol. Im really hoping that 650 watts is enough. From what the review said 1 card pulled 175 watts when 100%(heck I was playing Dead Island and seen it was using 98% of my card on EVGA's Precision tool) So thats already lining me up to 350 watts plus I got the i7 950 lol. Im already at 500 watts. This is going to be close.

 

[inzone]

What is your CPU ? You want to make sure you don't have a bottle neck there.

 

[mrkeith]

Inzone I got the i7 950. Im not worried about it being a bottleneck I just wanted to make sure 650 watt power supply was enough. So far it's working like a dream