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Title: Possible to get 4x 6950s on a 1000W PSU? Post by: Knighty on September 02, 2011, 04:26:45 AM Just curious if anyone knows if its possible to get them running with that, I know a 1200W will work fine.
Title: Re: Possible to get 4x 6950s on a 1000W PSU? Post by: BlackSnow on September 03, 2011, 02:49:59 AM Just curious if anyone knows if its possible to get them running with that, I know a 1200W will work fine. not posible maximun demand on the 6990 is 294W per card. and u still need the power for the cpu/ram/mobo you could do it with 2 psus. one 850w for mobo+2gpus and one 650w for the other 2gpus. this way u can save arround 50 bucks. Title: Re: Possible to get 4x 6950s on a 1000W PSU? Post by: mike678 on September 03, 2011, 03:37:15 AM not posible You do realize he said 6950 not 6990 right? A 6950 requires 158 watts according to this website: maximun demand on the 6990 is 294W per card. and u still need the power for the cpu/ram/mobo you could do it with 2 psus. one 850w for mobo+2gpus and one 650w for the other 2gpus. this way u can save arround 50 bucks. http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-6950-6970-review/11 Seems possible as long as you get a good power supply. Title: Re: Possible to get 4x 6950s on a 1000W PSU? Post by: oo-oo on September 03, 2011, 05:00:22 AM What about a Coolermaster Ucp 1100w ? its good enough ?
Title: Re: Possible to get 4x 6950s on a 1000W PSU? Post by: Swishercutter on September 03, 2011, 06:06:39 AM I have 5x5830's on a 1000w PSU with a Phenom 955 quad core. It has been running stable for a few weeks.
Title: Re: Possible to get 4x 6950s on a 1000W PSU? Post by: oo-oo on September 03, 2011, 02:24:54 PM I have 5x5830's on a 1000w PSU with a Phenom 955 quad core. It has been running stable for a few weeks. And the PSU is..... ? Title: Re: Possible to get 4x 6950s on a 1000W PSU? Post by: k9quaint on September 03, 2011, 04:14:59 PM I had 2x6950 and 2x5830 on a 1200w PSU and it was drawing 675w from the wall. It seems like the headroom would be there.
You should test it with a killawatt with 2 and then 3 cards before you try 4. Title: Re: Possible to get 4x 6950s on a 1000W PSU? Post by: Swishercutter on September 03, 2011, 09:18:04 PM I have 5x5830's on a 1000w PSU with a Phenom 955 quad core. It has been running stable for a few weeks. And the PSU is..... ? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121068 It was on sale when I bought it...probably better ones out there. I also have a Corsair TX-850 (ran 4x5830's fine for 2 months) and an Antec 900w extreme gamer or something like that which runs 4x5830 great but when I added the 5th card I had to add a secondary PSU on 2 of the cards to make it stable. Find something with one big 12V rail...makes it much easier to balance the load. Title: Re: Possible to get 4x 6950s on a 1000W PSU? Post by: deslok on September 03, 2011, 09:23:42 PM I have 5x5830's on a 1000w PSU with a Phenom 955 quad core. It has been running stable for a few weeks. And the PSU is..... ? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121068 It was on sale when I bought it...probably better ones out there. I also have a Corsair TX-850 (ran 4x5830's fine for 2 months) and an Antec 900w extreme gamer or something like that which runs 4x5830 great but when I added the 5th card I had to add a secondary PSU on 2 of the cards to make it stable. Find something with one big 12V rail...makes it much easier to balance the load. Single rail will cost more at that capability point http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817814019 Title: Re: Possible to get 4x 6950s on a 1000W PSU? Post by: BlackSnow on September 04, 2011, 06:31:22 PM not posible You do realize he said 6950 not 6990 right? A 6950 requires 158 watts according to this website: maximun demand on the 6990 is 294W per card. and u still need the power for the cpu/ram/mobo you could do it with 2 psus. one 850w for mobo+2gpus and one 650w for the other 2gpus. this way u can save arround 50 bucks. http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-6950-6970-review/11 Seems possible as long as you get a good power supply. if he does not overclock.. yeah its 158. but a waste Title: Re: Possible to get 4x 6950s on a 1000W PSU? Post by: mike678 on September 04, 2011, 07:51:02 PM if he does not overclock.. yeah its 158. but a waste I run 5 5850's which require about the same power. I overclock these cards fairly high and it only requires 1000 watts. If he gets a decent psu there will be no problem fitting four on a 1000 watt. Title: Re: Possible to get 4x 6950s on a 1000W PSU? Post by: Knighty on September 05, 2011, 09:06:12 AM The PSU in question would probably be either a 1050W Corsair or a 1000W Silverstone Gold/OCZ, it was really more for theory than anything practical, I have a 1200W in my current rig but I am planning to build a new one and was just toying with "what-ifs".
It's nice to know that it is possible though, I appreciate the help. |