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HD4870 PSU requirements

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Hey guys, just needed some help about ATI's new HD4800 series. It says for the HD4850 you need a 450w PSU and for the HD4870 you need a 500w, and I have a 500w psu and I am really tempted to buy the HD4870 but still not sure cause of my psu, I might have 500w of power but theres also requirements like you need 30amps on a 12v rail or something like that, i need help on this, dont know much about psu's and still learning about em.

I took a look on my psu and it says

12v1+ / 12v2+
16amps 15amps

something like that, and it has all the wattages that add up to 500w MAX, hope this helps.
thanx guys much appreciated!
 
thanks man, that helped a bit, seems like HD4850 would be the safest way to go, i seriusoly dont want to upgrade this PSU just yet, to new to upgrade for me
 
umm just wondering if any others have any idea's or thoughts of which card would be the best way to go, any ideas would be appreciated!!!
 
ATI Radeon HD 4870 System Requirements:
PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
Minimum 1GB of system memory
Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
DVD playback requires DVD drive
Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive
For a complete ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per graphics card (included) are required
 
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