Power Supply Wattage Recommendation based on Graphic Card

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Use this page for your referencing of the latest (and part of the previous generation) graphic card and its power consumption.

Besides that, you’ll also be recommended the PSU wattage rating that you should acquire in order to use the card.

If you look at the columns, you’ll see 3 columns on the right side titled “Low”, “Medium” and “High”. These basically divides the common computer setup to 3, with LOW spec being the average low end dual-core, HIGH spec for those machines that of monstrous power consumption (eg Intel Core i7, multiple hard disks and high RPM fan and so on) and the MEDIUM spec for everything else in between.

While most machines barely consume more than 150w at any one time, we’ll be assuming that all the setup are at full power usage, with LOW spec at 150w, Medium spec at 200w and High spec at 250w. (ratings not inclusive of the graphic card).

The recommended PSU wattage is not the figure of the graphic card + spec combined, that would be silly. :) The combined wattage is 70% of the recommended PSU wattage as PSUs generally are most efficient at around that %. This also mean there’s plenty of headroom for add-ons (it’s fine to run on higher % of the PSU capacity, I’d say try to stick within 85%) and also to cater for PSU deterioration. It’s unwise to run at near 100% PSU capacity, furthermore not all PSU could provide 100% of what they claimed.

Lastly, do take note of other factors such as the Amp (A) ratings supplied by the PSU’s rails. More details here.

- Sort by Brand » All | ATI | nVidia
- Sort by Wattage » All | ATI | nVidia
- PSU Load » 70% | 80% | 90%
- Show Card Setup » 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Current Display : ALL cards, sorted by Model for 70% power supply load for 1-card configuration.

Brand
GPU Model
Max Power Consumption
Low
Spec
Medium
Spec
High
Spec
ATI
Radeon HD4350
25
250
321
393
ATI
Radeon HD4550
25
250
321
393
ATI
Radeon HD4650
50
286
357
429
ATI
Radeon HD4670
70
314
386
457
ATI
Radeon HD4730
100
357
429
500
ATI
Radeon HD4750
75
321
393
464
ATI
Radeon HD4770
80
329
400
471
ATI
Radeon HD4830
110
371
443
514
ATI
Radeon HD4850
110
371
443
514
ATI
Radeon HD4850X2
250
571
643
714
ATI
Radeon HD4870
150
429
500
571
ATI
Radeon HD4870X2
290
629
700
771
ATI
Radeon HD4890
190
486
557
629
ATI
Radeon HD5550
40
271
343
414
ATI
Radeon HD5650
60
300
371
443
ATI
Radeon HD5670
70
314
386
457
ATI
Radeon HD5750
90
343
414
486
ATI
Radeon HD5770
110
371
443
514
ATI
Radeon HD5850
151
430
501
573
ATI
Radeon HD5870
188
483
554
626
ATI
Radeon HD5970
294
634
706
777
nVidia
Geforce 8400GS
38
269
340
411
nVidia
Geforce 8500GT
40
271
343
414
nVidia
Geforce 8600GT
43
276
347
419
nVidia
Geforce 8600GTS
71
316
387
459
nVidia
Geforce 8800 Ultra
175
464
536
607
nVidia
Geforce 8800GT
105
364
436
507
nVidia
Geforce 8800GTS G80
146
423
494
566
nVidia
Geforce 8800GTS G92
135
407
479
550
nVidia
Geforce 8800GTX
145
421
493
564
nVidia
Geforce 9400GT
50
286
357
429
nVidia
Geforce 9500GT
50
286
357
429
nVidia
Geforce 9600GSO 384 / 192
105
364
436
507
nVidia
Geforce 9600GSO 512
90
343
414
486
nVidia
Geforce 9600GT
96
351
423
494
nVidia
Geforce 9600GT Low Power
59
299
370
441
nVidia
Geforce 9800GT
105
364
436
507
nVidia
Geforce 9800GTX
140
414
486
557
nVidia
Geforce 9800GTX+
141
416
487
559
nVidia
Geforce 9800GX2
197
496
567
639
nVidia
Geforce GT 220
58
297
369
440
nVidia
Geforce GT 240
70
314
386
457
nVidia
Geforce GTS 240
120
386
457
529
nVidia
Geforce GTS 250
150
429
500
571
nVidia
Geforce GTX 260
182
474
546
617
nVidia
Geforce GTX 275
219
527
599
670
nVidia
Geforce GTX 280
236
551
623
694
nVidia
Geforce GTX 285
204
506
577
649
nVidia
Geforce GTX 295
289
627
699
770
nVidia
Geforce GTX 470
215
521
593
664
nVidia
Geforce GTX 480
250
571
643
714

Reference : TechARP

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