Re: Running a video card without enough amperage
Two thoughts on this:
First, what kind of power supply? If its a cheapo one, then its possible that the rated amps are not correct, or exact, or are exaggerated. But assuming they are correct, you're still 6 amps/36 watts short on the 12V rail. I think that a few different things could happen. It could simply flake out when you put some demand on it, due to the voltage dropping when you pull more power. Or, the power supply could chug along happily for a while, and then die on you. Or, it could work fine indefinitely. Its really hard to tell just by the numbers.
Second, how are you going to be using it? Is it going to be doing alot of gaming? Surfing the internet? Running Compiz? If its not going to get used heavily (which is pretty much just gaming), then its not going to be drawing full power all the time, and then it might be ok.
A card probably won't boot if it doesn't sense 12V at its power inputs, but that doesn't necessarily mean the power supply can provide all the power that its looking for once its under load.
100 buckets of bits on the bus,
100 buckets of bits,
Take one down, short it to ground,
FF buckets of bits on the bus.
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