Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Measured power consumption Radeon HD 6950
System in IDLE = 174W
System Wattage with GPU in FULL Stress = 312W
Difference (GPU load) = 138W
Add average IDLE wattage ~ 20W
Subjective obtained GPU power consumption = ~ 158 Watts
The 460 watt PSU in the Dell system will be fine, even more so because Dell certifies it for 6870s already. The power requirements are similar.
|
So the dell does in fact use the same power supply with the 6870, so like you said the 6950 should work.
However:
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards....=635&card2=639
If you go there under details. It says max power draw. The 6870 is 151W while the 6950 says 200W. Is that a huge difference?
If I install the 6950 without a new power supply and the system doesn't have enough power during gaming will it just crash? Nothing to serious? I was going to just try it out with the stock wattage and if it crashes while gaming i'd then fork over the money to upgrade.