Not enough power for GPU?

Haopeng Lin

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Jul 29, 2015
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I've had two graphics cards that are dead. I contacted tech support and apparently my power supply adapter might not be strong enough and are causing the cards to die. I'm using a 330w adapter for an Nvidia GeForce GTX 760. It's the Zotac 2gb version. What adapter do I need for my computer?

My computer is an Alienware X51 R2 (Early 2013 Version)
 
having a psu that can't supply proper power to a card can potentially cause damage to the card, more damage is done to the psu as far as i'm aware than the card itself, but in turn it'll damage the card.

If that psu is 330w. there's no way that that'll provide enough power to the 760 and the rest of your system and not be stressed to the point where it'll cuase problems.