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Physx card wattage?

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Friday, October 29, 2010 2:17 PM (permalink)
I cant remember if I read here or not and not sure if this has been asked,but if i use my 260 as a physx card,will it ever use its full wattage?I mean when your not using physx,is it just using idle wattage sitting there?And when its doing the physx,is it using all or just half the power it would use then if it was the primary card?


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    Re:Physx card wattage? Friday, October 29, 2010 2:45 PM (permalink)
    You could underclock it for even more power savings. 

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    Re:Physx card wattage? Friday, October 29, 2010 3:17 PM (permalink)
    Yeah but how much is it even using as a physx card?I just want to know if I have enough power to run both the 460 and the 260 off my corsair 650 watt psu?The 260 I know uses more power than the 460 and nvidia recommends 50 amps for two 260s in sli and I have 52 on this psu.So im really not using as much power as two 260s.


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    Re:Physx card wattage? Friday, October 29, 2010 3:20 PM (permalink)
    You can run 2 260s on a 650w PSU. Overclocked even. But it be putting your PSU at full load. 
     
    A physX card will never use your card to its max power draw.  In short you will be fine. 
     
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    Re:Physx card wattage? Friday, October 29, 2010 4:00 PM (permalink)
    Thats all I want to know.


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