power consumption of FX5900?
 

Hi,

I wonder if anybody knows what the power consumption is of an FX5900 card?
I have found estimates of 50W and 75W, but need to know how much of that is
on which line (3.3,5,12V). I suspect most of it is on the 5V and 12V line
as that is what is on the connector.

Cheers

Scott

I know that a lot of Via mainboard's won't like it..As i had to upgrade to a
Nvidia chipset .. :-{
But the speed is worth it..
"scott" wrote in message
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Hi,

I wonder if anybody knows what the power consumption is of an FX5900 card?
I have found estimates of 50W and 75W, but need to know how much of that
is
on which line (3.3,5,12V). I suspect most of it is on the 5V and 12V line
as that is what is on the connector.

Cheers

Scott

Apoo wrote:
I know that a lot of Via mainboard's won't like it..As i had to
upgrade to a Nvidia chipset .. :-{
But the speed is worth it..

I was actually trying to do a calculation to see if my PSU was good enough
for my setup, I am having some stability issues.

"scott" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I wonder if anybody knows what the power consumption is of an
FX5900 card? I have found estimates of 50W and 75W, but need to
know how much of that is on which line (3.3,5,12V). I suspect most
of it is on the 5V and 12V line as that is what is on the connector.

Cheers

Scott

Via boards do fine with them.

Apoo wrote:
I know that a lot of Via mainboard's won't like it..As i had to
upgrade to a Nvidia chipset .. :-{
But the speed is worth it..
"scott" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I wonder if anybody knows what the power consumption is of an FX5900
card? I have found estimates of 50W and 75W, but need to know how
much of that is on which line (3.3,5,12V). I suspect most of it is
on the 5V and 12V line as that is what is on the connector.

Cheers

Scott

"scott" wrote in message ...
Apoo wrote:
I know that a lot of Via mainboard's won't like it..As i had to
upgrade to a Nvidia chipset .. :-{
But the speed is worth it..

I was actually trying to do a calculation to see if my PSU was good enough
for my setup, I am having some stability issues.


....you just gave yourself the awnser...get a good PSU and be happy (
Enermax, Antec True Power )

Dark Avenger wrote:
"scott" wrote in message
...
Apoo wrote:
I know that a lot of Via mainboard's won't like it..As i had to
upgrade to a Nvidia chipset .. :-{
But the speed is worth it..

I was actually trying to do a calculation to see if my PSU was good
enough for my setup, I am having some stability issues.


...you just gave yourself the awnser...get a good PSU and be happy (
Enermax, Antec True Power )

But I need to make sure I get high enough current rating on each line! Even
a £1000000 PSU that can only supply 20A on the 12V line won't work if I am
trying to draw 25A !!! I have calculated all the other powers, it's just it
makes quite a difference whether the 75W for my graphics card comes off the
12V, 5V or 3.3V line.

Thay would if it has the second power supply on the mainboard wich i think
is for the AGP..

"neopolaris" . wrote in message ...
Via boards do fine with them.

Apoo wrote:
I know that a lot of Via mainboard's won't like it..As i had to
upgrade to a Nvidia chipset .. :-{
But the speed is worth it..
"scott" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I wonder if anybody knows what the power consumption is of an FX5900
card? I have found estimates of 50W and 75W, but need to know how
much of that is on which line (3.3,5,12V). I suspect most of it is
on the 5V and 12V line as that is what is on the connector.

Cheers

Scott

"scott" wrote in message ...
Dark Avenger wrote:
"scott" wrote in message
...
Apoo wrote:
I know that a lot of Via mainboard's won't like it..As i had to
upgrade to a Nvidia chipset .. :-{
But the speed is worth it..

I was actually trying to do a calculation to see if my PSU was good
enough for my setup, I am having some stability issues.


...you just gave yourself the awnser...get a good PSU and be happy (
Enermax, Antec True Power )

But I need to make sure I get high enough current rating on each line! Even
a £1000000 PSU that can only supply 20A on the 12V line won't work if I am
trying to draw 25A !!! I have calculated all the other powers, it's just it
makes quite a difference whether the 75W for my graphics card comes off the
12V, 5V or 3.3V line.

Ofcourse... the said Wattage doesn't matters.. that is in most cases
peak wattage and in enermax and good PSU cases the nominal Wattage it
can deliver.

What matters is the volt line the parts use....