Does my card use his full power ?

Super1 · Dec 7, 2009

Hi

I have only Power Supply 500 Watt , It's working fine but does it use his full power in the games ?

My Card is :

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 896 MB

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=868931

mlee49 · Dec 7, 2009

What else is the power supply powering? Full System Specs are very helpful

Super1 · Dec 7, 2009

mlee49 said:
What else is the power supply powering? Full System Specs are very helpful

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=868931

exodusprime1337 · Dec 7, 2009

to be completely honest i doubt it, for instance i have a load meter plugged in between my power strip and the wall, all inclusive with my monitor, speakers, second lcd, and my pc which has a gtx 285 i pull about 430 from the wall when fully loading my computer, gimme a sec and i'll take a picture for you.

KainXS · Dec 7, 2009

why is your cpu underclocked?

exodusprime1337 · Dec 7, 2009

here you go this is idle, gimme a few secs to get a pic at load

exodusprime1337 · Dec 7, 2009

here is full load running prime and furmark at 1920x1080

exodusprime1337 · Dec 7, 2009

i guess that doesn't really speak to say that your psu is not powerful enought mind you i have 4 hard drives, 10 120mm fans, 2 dvd burners, phenom 2 940be at 1.525v 3.9Ghz, 4 gigs of mem, the gtx 285 oc'd to 730/1580/1400(2800 effective), plus the keyboard mouse and water pumps, so 580 isn't bad for what i got installed, i use as well an es 800 from bfg, steller psu for what i payed for it. which was nothing because i won it at a lan party.

wolf · Dec 7, 2009

KainXS said:
why is your cpu underclocked?

My guess is speedstep is on and has dropped his multi to 6x under low load.

Zubasa · Dec 7, 2009

exodusprime1337 said:
i guess that doesn't really speak to say that your psu is not powerful enought mind you i have 4 hard drives, 10 120mm fans, 2 dvd burners, phenom 2 940be at 1.525v 3.9Ghz, 4 gigs of mem, the gtx 285 oc'd to 730/1580/1400(2800 effective), plus the keyboard mouse and water pumps, so 580 isn't bad for what i got installed, i use as well an es 800 from bfg, steller psu for what i payed for it. which was nothing because i won it at a lan party.

Is that 588W at the outlet or what?
If that is @the outlet, you rig is only using 470W from the PSU.
(It that PSU is an 80+ that is.)

exodusprime1337 · Dec 7, 2009

no it's at the back of the pc on the load does not include monitors or periferals, it's 85+ so yeah it's a bit lower inside the psu but still it's not bad, thats full load as well.

Zubasa · Dec 7, 2009

exodusprime1337 said:
no it's at the back of the pc on the load does not include monitors or periferals, it's 85+ so yeah it's a bit lower inside the psu but still it's not bad, thats full load as well.

Ok, so I guess I am right on that.
What I meant is that power is measured from the input end of the PSU.

TheLaughingMan · Dec 7, 2009

Zubasa said:
Ok, so I guess I am right on that.
What I meant is the power is measured from the input end of the PSU.

You are, don't worry about it.

Simply put, GPU's do not scale power. If you do not supply the card enough juice something in game would happen bad like artifacts, crashing in intense sections, stuttering, or other parts failing during gaming such as you suddenly not being able to use DVD drive in game.

When it comes to power and your computer it is all or nothing. This is why everyone hear pushes not to skimp on the PSU. It is the heart of your computer and will bring the entire system down when it fails to perform.

Zubasa · Dec 7, 2009

Either way, if that 500W is a quality PSU there should be no problem with powering a rig with a single GTX 275.

Edit: Just to mak things more clear.
A good PSU must have overload protection which will prevent your components form being damage from the PSU overloading.
(That is if the PSU is overloading at all.)

Super1 · Dec 7, 2009

Thank you all but I want a specific answer

Edit : my PSU is the best in my country :rockout:

TheLaughingMan · Dec 7, 2009

Super1 said:
Thank you all but I want a specific answer

Edit : my PSU is the best in my country

Ok.

If your games are working = Yes, it is using all the power it needs.

If your games run like shit = No, and your PSU is probably the issue, or RAM, or corrupt files or several other things.

Zubasa · Dec 7, 2009

Super1 said:
Thank you all but I want a specific answer

Edit : my PSU is the best in my country

Any pics or spec of that PSU you are talking about?

Super1 · Dec 7, 2009

TheLaughingMan said:
Ok.

If your games are working = Yes, it is using all the power it needs.

If your games run like shit = No, and your PSU is probably the issue, or RAM, or corrupt files or several other things.

thank you

my games runs great :cool:

Super1 · Dec 7, 2009

Zubasa said:
Any pics or spec of that PSU you are talking about?

I know the pic is bad sorry

Flyordie · Dec 7, 2009

HEC is good in Europe and the UK... a good budget brand. I think it should do fine.

Zubasa · Dec 7, 2009

Looks alright.
http://www.80plus.org/manu/psu/psu_reports/HEC-HEC-500TE-500W-Report.pdf

Super1 · Dec 7, 2009

Flyordie said:
HEC is good in Europe and the UK... a good budget brand. I think it should do fine.

Zubasa said:
Looks alright.
http://www.80plus.org/manu/psu/psu_reports/HEC-HEC-500TE-500W-Report.pdf

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