Question 1

Not seeing my question, sorry it they show up later. I have a Seasonic 850W Gold and wondering why this card requires 900W when the NITRO requires 800W?

Accepted Answer

Currently running mine with a 5900x and a 750 Watt EVGA SuperNova. If you have a quality PSU, 700+ should be more than enough, so long as you're not running some ridiculous power hungry CPU that's also overclocked.

Question 2

Why does this card require 900W when the NITRO version requires 800W? I have a Seasonic 850W Gold and didnt want to change out a gold PSU at this time.

Accepted Answer

Where did you get 900 from? Sapphire's sire recommends 800. I have an 850w super flower platinum and it works fine. It can go a little over 400w after OC and power limit adjust.

Question 3

Do these cards have a coil whine?

Accepted Answer

After having my card for nearly a year, I find that I only get coil whine when my GPU usage is at 100%. Even then the coil whine isn't very loud and gets washed out by my pc fans (Fractal Prism AL18 PWM & AL12 PWM in Fractal Torrent Nano case). Overclocking does make the coil whine slightly louder, but still within reason.

Question 4

Does this come with a support bracket?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it comes with a graphics card supporter to keep the graphics card in place on the PCIe Slot.

Question 5

Why is the lesser tier of the NITRO requiring 900W and the NITRO requires 800W? I have a Seasonic 850W Gold and do not want to switch out PSU which is the reason why Im looking into something lesser than the NITRO

Accepted Answer

It's bad labeling in my opinion. I'm running the Pulse on an eVGA 850W Supernova SFX unit, runs like a top. Your Seasonic unit should be fine for this card.

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