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Old December 1, 2009, 06:14 PM
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One 5970 chews up like 300W. Don't try to put 2 on that PSU though. :P
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Old December 2, 2009, 05:55 AM
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One 5970 chews up like 300W.
Are you sure?
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Anandtech seems to say that 5970s are binned for <300W max load. They are hot chips, not every card will hame the same power draw.
AnandTech: The Radeon HD 5970: Completing AMD's Takeover of the High End GPU Market
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my 5970 should be getting here on friday! :)
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Old December 2, 2009, 11:48 PM
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should have no problems right?
I wouldn't plug that card into a lowly 750... sender over my way and I'll show it some love with a 1k.
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I wouldn't plug that card into a lowly 750... sender over my way and I'll show it some love with a 1k.
maybe if you pork me over 700 big one's
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