On 15-01-06 02:18 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
| From: Kevin Cozens <kevin@ve3syb.ca>
| Any spec for a video card as to power supply wattage would be a minimum.
Not in my (limited) experience. I have bought cards that wanted to specify how big my system's power supply was because the actual required arithmetic is too hard for customers. They just guessed at what the rest of my system would require and left a margin for error.
The real specs are a little tricky in theory (I don't actually know what things are like now).
Yes, it is a bit more complicated an issue than I may have made it out to be but I didn't want to overwhelm the person asking the question with too many details. There are websites online that let you estimate the power consumption of a computer based on what is inside the box. Even those can be based more on typical values for different items rather and may still not represent the actual power requirements for the items in ones own computer case. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |"Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful!" #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick