Question 1

Can I drive two monitors with this card?

Accepted Answer

Yes! I do :) Unfortunately, not 3, though; I have to unplug one of the monitors for the HDMI-connected TV to be recognized. Sigh, when will technology catch up.

But seriously, though, I have two monitors. Works great.

Question 2

How many monitors can this GPU support?

Accepted Answer

I have read that some cards can't support monitors plugged into all ports at once. I was wondering if this was true with this card. Answers from others though have answered my question, can it support 3, though I did not ask this directly. Thanks for the reply though.

Question 3

Could I run this on 230w?

Accepted Answer

The minimum recommended is 450w (that probably a bit low, depending on the requirements for the rest of you system) and the card does requires discrete power.

While it may function (i.e. display graphics) on a 230w, it would certainly not accelerate graphics, thus defeating the entire purpose for purchasing the card. More likely, it would simply prevent the comp from powering up in any meaningful way.

Personally, I would recommend saving your pennies for a couple extra months and buy a 500+ w power supply and THEN start looking for graphics cards.

Question 4

What is the recommended amount of wattage for this graphics card? (including a whole system)

Accepted Answer

Radeon HD 7770 - On your average system the card requires you to have a 450 Watt power supply unit. In may system I'm running two Radeon HD 7770 with Apevia 680W Iceberg power supply.

Question 5

What psu does this card take?

Accepted Answer

The box recommends any PSU with a minimum of 450W (with a 12V current rating of 40A) -- depending on your CPU/Motherboard and amount of ram you may want to have closer to 500W

Question 6

Will this graphics card work with my motherboard?
ASRock H61M-HVS

Accepted Answer

Just make sure you have proper power supply. This video cards requires PCI-E 6 pin power. The ASRock H61M-HVS only has a 4 pin connector. But if you have a PCI-E 6 pin connector on your power supply you are good to go!

Question 7

how do I know if PCI 3.0 is compatible with my motherboard?

Accepted Answer

If you got your motherboard in the last year probably it has at least one PCIxE 3 port, and if it is older would be PCIxE 2. PCIxE 3 is backwards compatible what means it will work in a PCIxE 2 port. In fact this is how I'm running it with no issues at all. If you want to know is you board has these ports the best way is  to  check the manufacturer website and look into  the detail information of your MB

Question 8

how do I know if PCI 3.0 is compatible with my motherboard?

Accepted Answer

On the box for your motherboard, it would say if you have PCI 2.0, 3.0, or both. Generally it also says what PCI slot is which on the motherboard itself. You'll just have to look.

Question 9

I have a 480 Watt PSU. Will that be enough to support this card?

Accepted Answer

I didn't even know they made 480 watt PSUs, but it depends on what else is in your build. You want the total wattage of the build to be 40-60% of your PSU since they run at peak efficiency in that range. So this card uses 150 watts and AMD processors usually run 100-150 while Intel are around 50-100 and I usually add about 50 for ram and other components just to be safe. So around 500 should be good for one card, but check to find the wattage of your other components to be sure

Question 10

Will this work with an intel processor?

Accepted Answer

I have never heard of there being a problem caused between a CPU and a GPU, but I don't know everything. I'm going to assume you are running one of the current series (I3-7). There should be no compatibility issues. That being said, I would research farther, if you are worried about it. Hope that helped.

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