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Video card power consumption
Name: bundleofsticks Date: October 23, 2005 at 15:38:26 Pacific OS: xp home sp2 CPU/Ram: celeron 700 mhz, 256 mb
Comment:
How much watts does an ati radeon 9200 se pci video card (128 mb) with no fan just heat sink use? i want to use it on a 145w psu
Name: jam Date: October 23, 2005 at 17:11:35 Pacific
Reply:
The R9200 is pretty low end...especially the SE version
This article tests the power consumption of several "newer" cards. The R9600 Pro is as low as they go...it uses about 20W under load. I'm sure your card uses less.
Name: bundleofsticks Date: October 24, 2005 at 11:08:40 Pacific
Reply:
Great! I was scared to put my video card back in cause of my low watt PSU but now I put it back in with no problem. I dont want to spend money on another PSU even its cheap like $50 cause Im saving up money for something and I dont use my computer much only for web surving but the onboard video with this celeron was real bad. The video card helps it a lot. Thanks for your help guys!
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