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suggestion for 2nd grafic card regarding power consumption

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 4:36 pm
by rpict
hi

im running a hp xw4600 workstation with intel quadcore Q9650 3GHz, 8 GB RAM and two 500gB disk drives and a qudro fx 1700 with a 460W power supplie.

to have more fun with octane, I'd like to insert a second grafic card.

anyone a suggestion for a model, that doesn't ruin the power supplie of my cofiguratiom?

-rpict

Re: suggestion for 2nd grafic card regarding power consumption

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 6:22 pm
by havensole
Well the obvious answer would be a gtx400 series card, but we don't know if you have a secondary PCIe slot. Either way you would need to look at maybe a bigger, more powerful power supply to go in the HP. If it is a standards atx, or even btx, type psu then you should be able to replace it easily. If not, and I wouldn't be too surprised if it isn't, then you might have to get in contact with HP about a replacement psu.