ASUS NVIDIA GTX 970 with 525W PSU?

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  1. Posts : 36
    Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit
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    ASUS NVIDIA GTX 970 with 525W PSU?


    Hello,
    I have a 525w power supply that has a 6 pin +2 pin PCI power plug for a graphics card, and I am currently running a GTX550 TI.

    Could I upgrade to this: ASUS STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5 GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support G-SYNC Support Video Card - Newegg.ca

    safely with this PSU?

    Thanks,
    Matt
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  2. Posts : 758
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #2

    Not totally 100% accurate but put all your hardware info into the calculator and even exaggerate a bit for headroom and it will give you an idea if you're OK, close to the limit or over it

    Online Power Calculator
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  3. Posts : 2,047
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-BIT
       #3

    Are you sure you want to run the GTX 970 with a Core 2 Duo? It will be a big problem for bottleneck.

    To answer your question: Yes, but I might consider upgrading your entire system.
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  4. Posts : 1,269
    Windows 7 Ultimate Retail Box (64-bit installed) + Service Pack 1
       #4

    I used this to compare that new 970 to my card, a back a generation, but still good Radeon HD 7950, it shows the watts on that 970 as 145W so a very good 525W PSU should be fine:

    http://www.hwcompare.com/18062/gefor...n-hd-7950-3gb/

    As RoasterMen said though, depending on the system you are putting it into, the motherboard chipset + the CPU will be other big factors in performance gains, or lack thereof.

    You didn't provide the model of the motherboard, so my quick comment ends here.
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  5. Posts : 36
    Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Thanks for the answers guys. I was just wondering as I was considering upgrading as Christmas is coming near.

    Would bottlenecking really be that big of an issue though? I do have 8GB of RAM that I recently upgraded to.
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  6. Posts : 2,047
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-BIT
       #6

    Are you using a Core 2 Duo E8400? Because the GTX 970 can't cooperate with such processor. A Core 2 Quad will do
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  7. Posts : 36
    Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Really? Any reason to why?

    Anyway, what is the newest card that would be compatible with that CPU?
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  8. Posts : 2,047
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-BIT
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    GTX 970 is pretty much high end and will require minimum of Core i5 (or a Pentium G3258 but slight bottleneck)

    You should go for a GTX 750 Ti or GTX 760
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  9. Posts : 36
    Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    I was thinking a 7 series then. However I'd like to keep it fairly new. Anyway a GTX 770 would work?
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  10. Posts : 2,047
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-BIT
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    That would still give a huge bottleneck. You'd be fine with a GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti while you can get a slight bottleneck using GTX 760.
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