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From: "Lars-Erik Østerud" .@.
Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 7:46 PM
Subject: GF7600 GS AGP - will it work on Via Kt133A chipset
motherboard

DaveW wrote:

You would most likely need a bigger PSU to run that video card.

How big. I have a P4PE board with a 2.54GHz P4 and one HDD.
My power has ONE 16A line. Will that drive a 7600GS card?
Is there any list of the different cards power ratings?

The 7600GS is not power hungry and I know of people happily running it with
250W PSUs. The key is your 12v rail(s), not total nominal wattage. The
card manufacturers deliberately exaggerate the PSU requirements to protect
themselves, partly because there are so many crap PSUs out there that can't
meet their own specs, partly because having a larger older PSU increases the
chance it's got enough 12v juice (newer PSUs put more emphasis on 12v
capacity), and partly because they have no way of knowing how heavily loaded
any random rig might be. Given your average PC with one CPU, one modest
video card, one HD, etc, will draw roughly 200W there's no reason to panic
or start pulling numbers out of your arse as some people are wont to do.
The 7600GS draws approximately 3A in 3D mode. If your 16A line is genuine
rather than nominal and you don't have heaps of other 12v devices then
you'll probably be OK but you'll need to do your homework first.