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Cooper
05-17-2006, 02:22 AM
So you wanna get powerfull gaming rig with two GPUs. But you`re doubting your PSU ? Well no worry. FSP has great product for you - additional 5.25" slot power supply unit for all your graphic cards` needs

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Full review (http://xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/fsp-vga-power.html)
trakslacker
05-17-2006, 02:57 AM
so this can cover 300w. What does a pair of heavily-OCed X1900XTXs in CF pull again?
Cooper
05-17-2006, 03:02 AM
Single X1900XTX - about 120W

300W will be more than enough ;)
trakslacker
05-17-2006, 03:04 AM
^ cool. Just didn't know what sort of power draw the heavy-duty systems around here would have.
MaxxxRacer
05-17-2006, 03:11 AM
looking at the 90mv jumps in voltage it and high noise levels it looks like a big gimmick to me... :rolleyes:
eddieate
05-17-2006, 03:23 AM
^^ yeah Just buy a proper psu in the first place...
Ed.
nn_step
05-17-2006, 03:28 AM
looking at the 90mv jumps in voltage it and high noise levels it looks like a big gimmick to me... :rolleyes:
A dangerous Gimmick if you ask me
Flak Monkey
05-17-2006, 09:34 AM
Might be good for powering TEC's?
WeStSiDePLaYa
05-17-2006, 04:29 PM
how do you guys see it as a dangerous gimmick?

it appears to use chemicon capacitors, which are very high quality.

deffiently seems adequate for what its designed for.
nn_step
05-17-2006, 05:38 PM
how do you guys see it as a dangerous gimmick?

it appears to use chemicon capacitors, which are very high quality.

deffiently seems adequate for what its designed for.
It is not so much as the parts but the theory behind it. a Voltage difference in a graphics card can induce a current which can kill a card.
iddqd
05-17-2006, 07:31 PM
So you wanna get powerfull gaming rig with two GPUs. But you`re doubting your PSU ? Well no worry. FSP has great product for you - additional 5.25" slot power supply unit for all your graphic cards` needs

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Full review (http://xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/fsp-vga-power.html)
They've had these for a while, actually. FrozenCPU was flogging them as an auxiliarry PSU to power a high-wattage Pelt. Though this model is obviously beefier than the one they had.
WeStSiDePLaYa
05-17-2006, 08:34 PM
It is not so much as the parts but the theory behind it. a Voltage difference in a graphics card can induce a current which can kill a card.


thats if you have a single psu, with split rails trying to compensate for the same cards. as they share some common componets.

this is a completely isolated psu except for the single molex which is only used as a sense.
Haltech
05-17-2006, 09:23 PM
Be nice if that psu could be adjusted say up to 13.8 volts..
MiniMan
05-17-2006, 09:59 PM
If the PSU Is good Quality, then it should work just fine, 25 Amps for video cards is more than enough for 2 of the highest end cards.
iddqd
05-18-2006, 05:08 AM
thats if you have a single psu, with split rails trying to compensate for the same cards. as they share some common componets.

this is a completely isolated psu except for the single molex which is only used as a sense.
What if you could run it in master/slave mode with an primary PSU, like with... um regular PSUs? That should do the trick methinks.
WeStSiDePLaYa
05-18-2006, 05:47 AM
What if you could run it in master/slave mode with an primary PSU, like with... um regular PSUs? That should do the trick methinks.


umm.... thats exactly what is going on. the psu only uses the molex for a sense
krille
05-18-2006, 07:25 AM
If this little gimmick was silent I'd buy it in a blink of the eye, however since it seems to be rather the opposite I would just grab a beefier primary PSU if I need more power. :rolleyes:

Hopefully someone will come out with a silent (passive?) "GPU PSU" in the future. Then I'll surely be among the first adopters.