What happen if the PSU can not meet the graphic card's requirement?

What happen if the PSU can not meet the graphic card's requirement? thanks!

You _may_ get away with it if the PSU is good quality, if not, see what
happened to me in the following post:

"BFG 6800 Ultra - Machine rebooting / locking / suffering white glitches on
screen after installation?"




On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 15:55:08 GMT, "Alan" wrote:

What happen if the PSU can not meet the graphic card's requirement? thanks!

On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 15:55:08 GMT, "Alan"
wrote:

What happen if the PSU can not meet the graphic card's requirement? thanks!


I had a cheap 250W PSU that I was using when my 400W went out.
I had ordered a 520W, but while I was waiting, my GF4 Ti4400 came in.
I had a GF3 ti200 which worked fine with the 250W, but when I
installed the GF4 Ti4400, all I got was a screen with "garbage" across
it. I had to wait till the 520W PSU to come in before I could find out
if it was thee PSU, or the card that was the problem. It was the PSU.
If you have a good PSU, it may still push the card, but you
really won't know till you try it.

"Alan" said:

What happen if the PSU can not meet the graphic card's requirement?

I received an error message telling me my video card wasn't receiving
sufficient voltage and it would be throttled back until sufficient voltage
was restored.
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