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Title: 3 gpu psu? Post by: RyanWebber on June 08, 2011, 09:55:16 PM I have 2 6950's and 1 5850. Would i be able to run all 3 on a 750 watt psu? Or am I limited to two cards?
Title: Re: 3 gpu psu? Post by: kiwiasian on June 08, 2011, 10:14:54 PM You can't crossfire cards from two different generations. Furthermore...they are two completely different architectures.
Title: Re: 3 gpu psu? Post by: RyanWebber on June 08, 2011, 10:22:57 PM Im not crossfiring them......Now please answer the question that i actually asked...
Title: Re: 3 gpu psu? Post by: qed on June 08, 2011, 10:34:25 PM If you do not downclock and downvlotage the cards most likely you can't. Also, using the PSU at his nominal limit might decrease his life span.
Title: Re: 3 gpu psu? Post by: kokojie on June 08, 2011, 10:36:53 PM 6950 is 200 watt max each right? 5850 is 160 watt? so that's 560 watts, leaving 190 watts to the system, which I think is not going to be enough, unless you have some really low power cpu/mobo, no HD and single stick of ram.
Title: Re: 3 gpu psu? Post by: yyduinihao0 on June 08, 2011, 11:14:58 PM with roughly 200W left for the system should be enough. But any additional card are out of the thought.
Hope this helps. Title: Re: 3 gpu psu? Post by: tunatime on June 08, 2011, 11:26:29 PM when you say 750w psu what model is it? if its a cheep one nfw will it run as the cheep ones have very low A on the 12v rail and even if its a good one your going to be running at close to max load killing your psu Efficiency causing it to pull more power then say a 1kw psu whit high Efficiency. aslo you have over $600 just in gpu and your going to cheep out on your psu i work on pcs all day and when a psu blows some times they take the whole rig spend $150+ and get a nice 1kw uint
Title: Re: 3 gpu psu? Post by: RyanWebber on June 09, 2011, 12:35:02 AM Thanks for all the answers guys. My idiot friend was telling me I needed a 1200 watt. I figured 1k would be ideal. It is a cheapish 750 so ill stay away from 3 cards.
Title: Re: 3 gpu psu? Post by: fcmatt on June 09, 2011, 12:39:59 AM Thanks for all the answers guys. My idiot friend was telling me I needed a 1200 watt. I figured 1k would be ideal. It is a cheapish 750 so ill stay away from 3 cards. in an earlier post of mine describing a rig i am building i found a rosewill 1000watt PSU with 6 - 6 pin connectors for around 120 dollars. Not the best, not the worst.. plenty of room to run 3 cards. Title: Re: 3 gpu psu? Post by: sang on June 09, 2011, 12:50:49 AM Ive seen so much discussion on these boards thats always centered about total wattage. Total wattage is not the important factor in determining if your PSU will handle these cards - what is more important is amperage available on the 12v rail(s).
I have a 400watt Enermax PSU that puts out more 12v amps then a lot of 650+watt PSU's i've seen on newegg. Read the PSU laebels and make sure you have the power you need in the VOLTAGE you need. |