does this gfx card need additional power from the PSU?

[pw981]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-029-GI

does the Gigabyte Radeon 2600Pro 521MB need any additional power from the PSU? I'm asking because, well.. my PSU doesn't have the wire for it so just wondering whether I need to upgrade the PSU as well.

Also, I know I'm asking for a comparison across generations here, but how good is this card compared to the AGP Radeon 9800Pro?

Thanks

 

[pw981]

thanks for the reply, I think I'll investigate further. Does anyone know the power draw on these GPU's?

I have a Hewlett-Packard Tower (standard spec as follows):

MSI Motherboard running the ATI Xpress 200 chipset
Lite-On 250w PSU
AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+ (newer lower wattage 'brisbane' version)
2 x 1 GB PC2-5300 RAM
1x dvd writer
1x Seagate 250Gb HDD
onboard sound, LAN and Graphics

The addition I have right now is an old PCI-e nVidia Geforce 6200, its running fine but I'm assuming the ATI Radeon 2600Pro is going to draw a lot more power?

 

[pw981]

thanks for the advice, there is no harm in trying it on the system right? Like, if the PSU can't handle it no hardware damaged will be caused? Just no boot or something?