Power Consumption of 2 video cards

Hi

I am currently using an ATI 9250 agp graphics card, however it does not have a DVI connection. I am thinking of replacing it with a Gforce FX 5500 256MB agp card. Is there a big difference in power consumption between the cards, and if possible does anyone have approximate figures of the power consumptions.

I know these are old cards, but I only use the system for web browsing and want to use an LCD with the digital connection of the 5500. I have a 430W power supply in the system along with an Athlon 1600+ palomino, 1 hard drive and 2 DVD-RW drives.

Thanks
Sam

 

I've scoured the web for any hint of the power requirements for both cards but there is nothing that I can find to give you "exact" power specs for either card. But I'm sure a 430w power supply would be fine. I've found other people who claim to be running an FX5500 on a 250w PSU.

 

You'll be fine. The 5000 series cards are not big power suckers. I've put two into PCs with 250 watt stock PSUs and they did fine.

 

Thanks alot for your help guys, now I just gotta wait for the monitor to arrive