Graphics wattage question

[jake6789]

i have a 300watt power supply i was just wondering if i cound use nvdia g9500... the watage recomandations on the box is 350watts would i still be able to use this with a 50 watt differnce and would it affect any performance at all?

 

[Annisman]

it is possible I would say.

 

[Gulli]

i have a 300watt power supply i was just wondering if i cound use nvdia g9500... the watage recomandations on the box is 350watts would i still be able to use this with a 50 watt differnce and would it affect any performance at all?

If the card gets all the juice it needs performance will be at 100%, if it doesn't your computer may freeze or reboot.
Whether the power supply can handle the load depends on the wattage of the 12V rail, give me the name of the power suplly, your processor and the number of hard drives and DVD drives in your system, then I can tell you more.

 

[jake6789]

i have an hp 6130y
phenom quadcore x4
8gb ram
1 dvd cdr drive
intergrated graphics

 

[coozie7]

Feed this with your exact system details:

http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

 

[Gulli]

i have an hp 6130y
phenom quadcore x4
8gb ram
1 dvd cdr drive
intergrated graphics

Good chance it will work, but I need the info that's on the stickwer on your PSU to be sure.