how much does gtx 970 asus strix realy use ?

[mathew1993]

hello !

could someone who's expert or happend to own a gtx 970 strix
tell us how much watt does it use , on averge not max ( i can't get the max one from asus , it says 225 )

i wanna know on averge not oc nor stressed out , just sitting there playing at lower resalotion than 1080
mine is 1024p is way lower than 1080p i heard

so if someone could help me with that , that would be awsome !

i mean i dont want my rig to use more than 350 > 400 watt

 

[mrt3]

gtx 970 will run on a 400w PSu with a lower TDP CPU
which cpu do you have?

 

[JP7PlaysMC]

hello !

could someone who's expert or happend to own a gtx 970 strix
tell us how much watt does it use , on averge not max ( i can't get the max one from asus , it says 225 )

i wanna know on averge not oc nor stressed out , just sitting there playing at lower resalotion than 1080
mine is 1024p is way lower than 1080p i heard

so if someone could help me with that , that would be awsome !

i mean i dont want my rig to use more than 350 > 400 watt

You want a 550w power supply at least. If you're concerned with the bill, then don't worry, as most of the time (even under stress) it won't consume more than 400w (even a GTX 780ti doesn't surpass that value, I saw a video somewhere)..

 

[Zerk2012]

GTX 970 has a TDP of only around 160 Watts. Your Information is wrong.
Do a google search GTX 970 TDP.
TDP= total draw power meaning the max it will use overclocked cards will use a bit more.

 

[mrt3]

hello !

could someone who's expert or happend to own a gtx 970 strix
tell us how much watt does it use , on averge not max ( i can't get the max one from asus , it says 225 )

i wanna know on averge not oc nor stressed out , just sitting there playing at lower resalotion than 1080
mine is 1024p is way lower than 1080p i heard

so if someone could help me with that , that would be awsome !

i mean i dont want my rig to use more than 350 > 400 watt

You want a 550w power supply at least. If you're concerned with the bill, then don't worry, as most of the time (even under stress) it won't consume more than 400w (even a GTX 780ti doesn't surpass that value, I saw a video somewhere)..

Even overclocked Gtx 970 Consumes 148w so how can you say it'll require a 550w PSu , if this guy gonna pair fx-8350 still his rig requires less then 400w

 

[mathew1993]

gtx 970 will run on a 400w PSu with a lower TDP CPU
which cpu do you have?

i am using i5-4440 in h81-plus motherboard

 

[mathew1993]

guys am lost now
though i should mention its asus strix , the webstie says max power : 225

i cant use more than 420 watt on my rig , ( i pay 1600 s.p each week ) can't afford more
so please help me with it

my whole rig :

h81-plus asus
i5-4440
gtx 970 asus strix ( if it works )
and 1 hard drive ( 1tb )
i check my screen website it only use 10 to 20 watt
and 8gb ram 1333 ( 2 sticks )

i need it to be less than 400 watt 🙁

 

[mrt3]

gtx 970 will run on a 400w PSu with a lower TDP CPU
which cpu do you have?

i am using i5-4440 in h81-plus motherboard

no problem just go for it, your cpu will never exceed 84w after overclocking

 

[JP7PlaysMC]

hello !

could someone who's expert or happend to own a gtx 970 strix
tell us how much watt does it use , on averge not max ( i can't get the max one from asus , it says 225 )

i wanna know on averge not oc nor stressed out , just sitting there playing at lower resalotion than 1080
mine is 1024p is way lower than 1080p i heard

so if someone could help me with that , that would be awsome !

i mean i dont want my rig to use more than 350 > 400 watt

You want a 550w power supply at least. If you're concerned with the bill, then don't worry, as most of the time (even under stress) it won't consume more than 400w (even a GTX 780ti doesn't surpass that value, I saw a video somewhere)..

Even overclocked Gtx 970 Consumes 148w so how can you say it'll require a 550w PSu , if this guy gonna pair fx-8350 still his rig requires less then 400w

Overclocks and safety. But that's just my opinion (though some sites clearly state a 500w PSU as recommended: Straight from Nvidia -> "Minimum System Power Requirement (W): 500 W"

Source: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-970/specifications

 

[mathew1993]

guys no overclocks , i will not overclock anything nor gpu nor cpu , heck my mobo won't allow me at the first place

i want to know on averge use

 

[mrt3]

hello !

could someone who's expert or happend to own a gtx 970 strix
tell us how much watt does it use , on averge not max ( i can't get the max one from asus , it says 225 )

i wanna know on averge not oc nor stressed out , just sitting there playing at lower resalotion than 1080
mine is 1024p is way lower than 1080p i heard

so if someone could help me with that , that would be awsome !

i mean i dont want my rig to use more than 350 > 400 watt

You want a 550w power supply at least. If you're concerned with the bill, then don't worry, as most of the time (even under stress) it won't consume more than 400w (even a GTX 780ti doesn't surpass that value, I saw a video somewhere)..

Even overclocked Gtx 970 Consumes 148w so how can you say it'll require a 550w PSu , if this guy gonna pair fx-8350 still his rig requires less then 400w

Overclocks and safety. But that's just my opinion (though some sites clearly state a 500w PSU as recommended: Straight from Nvidia -> "Minimum System Power Requirement (W): 500 W"

Source: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-970/specifications

and the site also states that it have 4gb GDDR5 memory:lol:

and if so then r9 290/290x should require 1200w

 

[madmatt30]

If you run 1080p with 60fps vsync on then most games will hover around 60% GPU usage in my experience.
That's going to drag around 120w max from the card while gaming.

 

[mrt3]

guys no overclocks , i will not overclock anything nor gpu nor cpu , heck my mobo won't allow me at the first place

i want to know on averge use

A normal 350w PSu can handle your CPU and GPU easily if you are not planning for OC.

 

[JP7PlaysMC]

It still has 4GB, but I'll take it as a joke 😉.
You're logic is flawed, it'd require a good quality 650w power supply though.

 

[mrt3]

It still has 4GB, but I'll take it as a joke 😉.
You're logic is flawed, it'd require a good quality 650w power supply though.

Bro why dont you focus on TDP

 

[mathew1993]

well anything below 400 watt i could live with , heck i could mesure it and see what my rig realy use
i am just afraid of buying it ( its gonna cosr 450 dollar ) and then get huge shock that i can't use my pc because there's not enough electricty for it , and it is not about PSU i have 500 watt , its about the whole watt that goes throw the cable i am bluging it in

i hope this end up well , i realy want the damn card

 

[JP7PlaysMC]

well anything below 400 watt i could live with , heck i could mesure it and see what my rig realy use
i am just afraid of buying it ( its gonna cosr 450 dollar ) and then get huge shock that i can't use my pc because there's not enough electricty for it , and it is not about PSU i have 500 watt , its about the whole watt that goes throw the cable i am bluging it in

i hope this end up well , i realy want the damn card

Such a big discussion for nothing...... You'll be more than fine, electricity isn't going to be that much of a problem.

 

[nukemaster]

This may help.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_OC/23.html

Please note that while having XXX number of watts is not always enough. You need to know how much of that is on the 12 volt rail as well. That card is VERY power friendly(lighter games with frame rate limits will use less power as well). Power supply quality is also very important.

I would like to point out that power supplies are rated on output not input, so making 400 watts for a system will take over 400 watts at the wall(how much depends on the efficiency of the unit).

I do not know of too many single video card systems with these new power friendly parts getting over 350-400 watts anyway(these parts have very short pulses of very high power). Tom's Hardware did some tests with very short timescales to show these peaks. While this is not an issue for most systems, it may be when a power supply is not very good.

R9 290X. Look at all the high and low parts. much more of a story than people think.

 

[mathew1993]

This may help.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_OC/23.html

Please note that while having XXX number of watts is not always enough. You need to know how much of that is on the 12 volt rail as well. That card is VERY power friendly(lighter games with frame rate limits will use less power as well). Power supply quality is also very important.

I would like to point out that power supplies are rated on output not input, so making 400 watts for a system will take over 400 watts at the wall(how much depends on the efficiency of the unit).

I do not know of too many single video card systems with these new power friendly parts getting over 350-400 watts anyway(these parts have very short pulses of very high power). Tom's Hardware did some tests with very short timescales to show these peaks. While this is not an issue for most systems, it may be when a power supply is not very good.

such great help man ,thanks !

so this mean i could go away with 150 watt using asus 970 , which is great
the test were done on 1080p , which is much higher than mine now
so maybe even more watt than what i need

yeah i know about the PSU thing , but this is the best i could find , we have non good barnd here , this is the only one with a website lol
though i checked the 12v thing , and mine have two 12v each with 18 = 36
it also has two slots 6+2 , since asus 970 needs one 8 pin
its seems like a nice psu , i will change it the minut something newer comes in
though this is my psu , if you could
http://www.fsplifestyle.com/product.php?LID=1&PSN=1002

update : it says asus strix 970 OC 4gb
does this mean those results represent Over clocked 970 ?
cause am not planing to

 

[JP7PlaysMC]

This may help.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_OC/23.html

Please note that while having XXX number of watts is not always enough. You need to know how much of that is on the 12 volt rail as well. That card is VERY power friendly(lighter games with frame rate limits will use less power as well). Power supply quality is also very important.

I would like to point out that power supplies are rated on output not input, so making 400 watts for a system will take over 400 watts at the wall(how much depends on the efficiency of the unit).

I do not know of too many single video card systems with these new power friendly parts getting over 350-400 watts anyway(these parts have very short pulses of very high power). Tom's Hardware did some tests with very short timescales to show these peaks. While this is not an issue for most systems, it may be when a power supply is not very good.

such great help man ,thanks !

so this mean i could go away with 150 watt using asus 970 , which is great
the test were done on 1080p , which is much higher than mine now
so maybe even more watt than what i need

yeah i know about the PSU thing , but this is the best i could find , we have non good barnd here , this is the only one with a website lol
though i checked the 12v thing , and mine have two 12v each with 18 = 36
it also has two slots 6+2 , since asus 970 needs one 8 pin
its seems like a nice psu , i will change it the minut something newer comes in
though this is my psu , if you could
http://www.fsplifestyle.com/product.php?LID=1&PSN=1002

update : it says asus strix 970 OC 4gb
does this mean those results represent Over clocked 970 ?
cause am not planing to

It comes pre-oveclocked out of the box.

 

[mathew1993]

This may help.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_OC/23.html

Please note that while having XXX number of watts is not always enough. You need to know how much of that is on the 12 volt rail as well. That card is VERY power friendly(lighter games with frame rate limits will use less power as well). Power supply quality is also very important.

I would like to point out that power supplies are rated on output not input, so making 400 watts for a system will take over 400 watts at the wall(how much depends on the efficiency of the unit).

I do not know of too many single video card systems with these new power friendly parts getting over 350-400 watts anyway(these parts have very short pulses of very high power). Tom's Hardware did some tests with very short timescales to show these peaks. While this is not an issue for most systems, it may be when a power supply is not very good.

such great help man ,thanks !

so this mean i could go away with 150 watt using asus 970 , which is great
the test were done on 1080p , which is much higher than mine now
so maybe even more watt than what i need

yeah i know about the PSU thing , but this is the best i could find , we have non good barnd here , this is the only one with a website lol
though i checked the 12v thing , and mine have two 12v each with 18 = 36
it also has two slots 6+2 , since asus 970 needs one 8 pin
its seems like a nice psu , i will change it the minut something newer comes in
though this is my psu , if you could
http://www.fsplifestyle.com/product.php?LID=1&PSN=1002

update : it says asus strix 970 OC 4gb
does this mean those results represent Over clocked 970 ?
cause am not planing to

It comes pre-oveclocked out of the box.

ha , got it , so they mean those are not for gtx 970 palit , since asus , msi , giga , etc are pre overclocked
i though they oc it again ( my bad )

thanks alot all of you , you helped a fella 😀
best answer by the nuck guy
though thanks to all who replayed

 

[madmatt30]

This may help.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_OC/23.html

Please note that while having XXX number of watts is not always enough. You need to know how much of that is on the 12 volt rail as well. That card is VERY power friendly(lighter games with frame rate limits will use less power as well). Power supply quality is also very important.

I would like to point out that power supplies are rated on output not input, so making 400 watts for a system will take over 400 watts at the wall(how much depends on the efficiency of the unit).

I do not know of too many single video card systems with these new power friendly parts getting over 350-400 watts anyway(these parts have very short pulses of very high power). Tom's Hardware did some tests with very short timescales to show these peaks. While this is not an issue for most systems, it may be when a power supply is not very good.

such great help man ,thanks !

so this mean i could go away with 150 watt using asus 970 , which is great
the test were done on 1080p , which is much higher than mine now
so maybe even more watt than what i need

yeah i know about the PSU thing , but this is the best i could find , we have non good barnd here , this is the only one with a website lol
though i checked the 12v thing , and mine have two 12v each with 18 = 36
it also has two slots 6+2 , since asus 970 needs one 8 pin
its seems like a nice psu , i will change it the minut something newer comes in
though this is my psu , if you could
http://www.fsplifestyle.com/product.php?LID=1&PSN=1002

update : it says asus strix 970 OC 4gb
does this mean those results represent Over clocked 970 ?
cause am not planing to

the strix (like most 970's) is overclocked slightly put of the box over nvidias stated specs for the 970
the psu you picked is merely 'average' - it will do the job though
Im assuming here that your main concern is the amount of wattage you actually need to pull from your mains wall socket?
If thats the case then the efficiency of the psu is important too - its states 80+ efficiency - Id be inclined to believe it from a reasonable reputable firm like fsp - it may have failed its bronze rating simply because its incapable of switching between 115/120 - 220/240v

Assuming your monitor is 1280x1024 (as you keep saying 1024p of which there is no widescreen resolution) if you lock the frame rate to the refresh rate of your monitor then a 970 will NEVER pull above 60% usage in any game I can think of at this present time - that firmly puts it at 110-120w draw max.
Factor in an 84w cpu & allow 100w for the rest of the system ( which is wildly wildly overestimated) sits you at 300w total
Factor in 80% efficiency on the psu & youre looking at between 350-370w max draw from the wall socket - this is an extreme scenario as far as Im concerned & wont actually happen!

 

[mathew1993]

the strix (like most 970's) is overclocked slightly put of the box over nvidias stated specs for the 970
the psu you picked is merely 'average' - it will do the job though
Im assuming here that your main concern is the amount of wattage you actually need to pull from your mains wall socket?
If thats the case then the efficiency of the psu is important too - its states 80+ efficiency - Id be inclined to believe it from a reasonable reputable firm like fsp - it may have failed its bronze rating simply because its incapable of switching between 115/120 - 220/240v

Assuming your monitor is 1280x1024 (as you keep saying 1024p of which there is no widescreen resolution) if you lock the frame rate to the refresh rate of your monitor then a 970 will NEVER pull above 60% usage in any game I can think of at this present time - that firmly puts it at 110-120w draw max.
Factor in an 84w cpu & allow 100w for the rest of the system ( which is wildly wildly overestimated) sits you at 300w total
Factor in 80% efficiency on the psu & youre looking at between 350-370w max draw from the wall socket - this is an extreme scenario as far as Im concerned & wont actually happen!

yes my monitor is like you said
though about locking the fram rate , you mean like never up lets say 60 fsb ?
anyway about 115/120 - 220/240v

i have UPS that input /output 220/240vac 50/60 hz
but its only 360Watt/600VA
if i pluged my PSU in it , and draw electricty using it , will that benfit me ?
i am afraid to plug it now becouse my psu is 500 wat , and UPS is 360/600 va
does this make sense ?

 

[madmatt30]

the strix (like most 970's) is overclocked slightly put of the box over nvidias stated specs for the 970
the psu you picked is merely 'average' - it will do the job though
Im assuming here that your main concern is the amount of wattage you actually need to pull from your mains wall socket?
If thats the case then the efficiency of the psu is important too - its states 80+ efficiency - Id be inclined to believe it from a reasonable reputable firm like fsp - it may have failed its bronze rating simply because its incapable of switching between 115/120 - 220/240v

Assuming your monitor is 1280x1024 (as you keep saying 1024p of which there is no widescreen resolution) if you lock the frame rate to the refresh rate of your monitor then a 970 will NEVER pull above 60% usage in any game I can think of at this present time - that firmly puts it at 110-120w draw max.
Factor in an 84w cpu & allow 100w for the rest of the system ( which is wildly wildly overestimated) sits you at 300w total
Factor in 80% efficiency on the psu & youre looking at between 350-370w max draw from the wall socket - this is an extreme scenario as far as Im concerned & wont actually happen!

yes my monitor is like you said
though about locking the fram rate , you mean like never up lets say 60 fsb ?
anyway about 115/120 - 220/240v

i have UPS that input /output 220/240vac 50/60 hz
but its only 360Watt/600VA
if i pluged my PSU in it , and draw electricty using it , will that benfit me ?
i am afraid to plug it now becouse my psu is 500 wat , and UPS is 360/600 va
this make sense ?

It makes perfect sense mate,Im assuming you 'need' a UPS as youre prone to cuts & surges on a regular basis?
Theoretically to err on the side of caution with a 500w 80+ rated psu you 'should' be using a UPS capable of 600w.
In the real world though I honestly think the a 360w ups will be fine as long as that psu is acually 80+ efficient.

To put it into perspective ( this is my own testing)
A fx 6300 overclocked to 4.2ghz
galax 970 exoc black (overclocked 210w tdp)
4 hard drives
4 120mm case fans
2 80mm case fans

with everything fully stressed 100% on a corsair cx500m pulled 460w from the wall.
You are never ever going to hit that kind of usage as long as you stick with stock clocks & enable vsync on your gpu.

All I will say is that a resolution of 1280x1024 locked at 60fps ,if you buy a 970 you are pretty much using a sledgehammer to crack open a nut.
A 960 will do ultra 60fps at that resolution without breaking a sweat - it wont use any less power than a 970 to do it but will save you a big bunch of money in the first place as its not much more than 1/2 the price.

 

[mathew1993]

It makes perfect sense mate,Im assuming you 'need' a UPS as youre prone to cuts & surges on a regular basis?
Theoretically to err on the side of caution with a 500w 80+ rated psu you 'should' be using a UPS capable of 600w.
In the real world though I honestly think the a 360w ups will be fine as long as that psu is acually 80+ efficient.

To put it into perspective ( this is my own testing)
A fx 6300 overclocked to 4.2ghz
galax 970 exoc black (overclocked 210w tdp)
4 hard drives
4 120mm case fans
2 80mm case fans

with everything fully stressed 100% on a corsair cx500m pulled 460w from the wall.
You are never ever going to hit that kind of usage as long as you stick with stock clocks & enable vsync on your gpu.

All I will say is that a resolution of 1280x1024 locked at 60fps ,if you buy a 970 you are pretty much using a sledgehammer to crack open a nut.
A 960 will do ultra 60fps at that resolution without breaking a sweat - it wont use any less power than a 970 to do it but will save you a big bunch of money in the first place as its not much more than 1/2 the price.

first of all thank you so much , giving some time to reply me
yeah your right about ups , my dad actuly bought for me like 1 year ago
i was yelling my throat out because suddenly i lost elctricty without shutting down my pc ( happens alot where i live , and i have to shut down my pc , and re blug it again )
but what i want to know is it okay to pair a 500 watt psu with 360 watt UPS ?
i mean there's 140 watt messing ? or am i the one who's messing something 😀
anyway if that's wrong , well i would sell it and my gpu might buy a new ups with 600 watt

and about gtx 960 true on that , but the store had four piece of 960 and 2 piece of 970 , 960 are gone mate , there's only one gtx 970 , thats way i keep talking here , iwant to get some answer before its gone too
also we have HDTV , yeah electricty does not come that much ( we buy it using genritor ) but that's temporary , for couple of months , so when things get back to normal i want to release the beast 😀
that way i wont have to buy new card and shit