Power consumption for VGA Card

Power consumption for VGA Card

Power consumption of graphics cards have now increased a lot. Some models use between 110 and 270 watts of power, in fact, a powerful graphics card under full load require as much power as the rest of the PC system components combined. If you plan to upgrade to dual-chip card or upgrade your system with a second video card to use SLI or CrossFire, the GPU (Graphic Processing Unit) plays the biggest role in determining how many watts your next power supply should you provide.

Stable power source is essential if you want to avoid accidents full-load operating system, the "view blu screen" If you do not have enough power, then the PC power supply or too hot, in the worst case will be heard loud noises on the power supply. The most important question is: how many watt power supply should be needed, whether it provides sufficient strength, and the plugs or adapters are required to supply?

Of course, cost is also a factor. With the current electricity prices, you must assess not only the hardware costs but also estimates the power used for one full year. If you do not need 3D performance of late and is looking for your HTPC graphics card is more economical, you can compare the four generations of AMD and Nvidia chips.