Current draw listing for video cards?

[GilmourD]

I've been looking all over the net and I simply can't seem to find anything that lists the current draw of cards outside of a number thrown out here or there. I have no problem finding people bitching about high power consumption, but nothing that I want to find.

So, is there a list/chart/table of different cards and their current draws in amps?

 

[w1retap]

on google when you search.. I come up with tons of different charts and graphs.

 

[GilmourD]

on google when you search.. I come up with tons of different charts and graphs.

LOL OK... I searched for quite a while last night and didn't come up with anything like that... Could you provide me with some links?

 

[GilmourD]

OK, I found this, which turned out quite helpful:

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000662.html

It doesn't have the 8800GTX/GTS, but based on some other posts about total power consumption, I was able to figure out what those draw. What I'm ultimately trying to figure out is an approximation of what a mainstream 8 series card would draw based upon comparing highend and mainstream 7 and 6 series cards.

That chart could be quite helpful to those wondering about power supply choices. Since video cards draw from the 12V line, just divide those wattages by 12 to get an amp figure.

Maybe that could be added to the sticky FAQ?