Hi all,
I've just got hold of a new ATI 5870 and have it all connected up and running. I was a little worried originally as the specifications for this card suggested a 500W power supply. Mines is a 550W and only had one 6-pin PCI connector; so I've had to use the Two molex to One 6-pin adapter. Crysis on max settings levels out the GPU temp at 65 degrees with 60% fan speed. No blue screens yet...
I was wondering if there was a way of recording what utilization of Watts my power supply is at under heavy usage like this though. It would be nice to see if I'm within a comfortable margin or if I'm pushing my luck.
It think it would also be handy to know as I'm looking to upgrade to an eyefinity 3x1 setup in the near future.
Does anyone know whether the power requirements for a 3 monitor setup are considerably more or not? The monitors will obviously be plugged into the mains but I'm guessing the GPU is going to need more power to push out the graphics to two extra monitors? Not an expert on PSU's as you can tell
I've just got hold of a new ATI 5870 and have it all connected up and running. I was a little worried originally as the specifications for this card suggested a 500W power supply. Mines is a 550W and only had one 6-pin PCI connector; so I've had to use the Two molex to One 6-pin adapter. Crysis on max settings levels out the GPU temp at 65 degrees with 60% fan speed. No blue screens yet...
I was wondering if there was a way of recording what utilization of Watts my power supply is at under heavy usage like this though. It would be nice to see if I'm within a comfortable margin or if I'm pushing my luck.
It think it would also be handy to know as I'm looking to upgrade to an eyefinity 3x1 setup in the near future.
Does anyone know whether the power requirements for a 3 monitor setup are considerably more or not? The monitors will obviously be plugged into the mains but I'm guessing the GPU is going to need more power to push out the graphics to two extra monitors? Not an expert on PSU's as you can tell