Video Card with External PSU

[alpha202ej]

Hey guys,

I know someone that needs a high end card in their system but will not be able to swap out the PSU to feed the gfx card. I think i remember hearing about a graphics card can use an external PSU. This is a fairly recent card BTW (not the voodoo series lol).

Thanks!

 

[Particleman]

The last video card that I know of to have an external PSU was the ASUS X1800 XT TOP http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=201

But I would hardly consider it high end by today's standards. You are probably better off getting a lower power consumption mid-range card, since a high end card that uses external power, has external power for a reason and it still consumes quite a bit through the PCIe bus.

 

[mavalpha]

Asus/Sapphire dual 1950.

Also, check out the Thermaltake 250W PSU- it fits in a 5.25" bay and works in tandem with your primary PSU. It'll even run SLI/Crossfire!*

*No 8800/2900 in multi-GPU, sorry!