Power requirements for NVIDIA Geforce RTX 30-series GPUs (2024)

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Power requirements for NVIDIA Geforce RTX 30-series GPUs? ›

NVIDIA recommends a 750W PSU for the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 Founders Edition cards. PSUs come in varying wattages based on the power requirements for your hardware. NVIDIA officially recommends a 750W PSU for the RTX 3090 and RTX 3080 Founders Edition cards, with a 650W PSU recommended for the lesser RTX 3070.

NVIDIA recommends a 750W PSU for the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 Founders Edition cards. PSUs come in varying wattages based on the power requirements for your hardware. NVIDIA officially recommends a 750W PSU for the RTX 3090 and RTX 3080 Founders Edition cards, with a 650W PSU recommended for the lesser RTX 3070.

The recommended PSU for the RTX 3060 is 550W.

600w may be cutting it close but it depends on what you have running with it. 750W recommended for an RTX 3080. Use a calculator or if you have the Cash and want to upgrade later a good quality power supply is a worthwhile investment. Even if it could run it technically, I find it to close for comfort.

The official Nvidia recommendation for an RTX 3060 is 550 watts and for a 3060 ti, 600 watts. You should be fine with a 500 watt PSU, but if it were me, I would go with at least what's suggested by the manufacturer, being 550. It is better to just get 600 watt or 750 watt.

Yes, 600W is more than enough for that setup. Such setups draw approximately 400W-450W so you have sufficient headroom with a 600W PSU.

Graphics Processing Unit (GPU): To determine the power supply for your GPU or graphics card, use Newegg's wattage calculator to choose the GPU chipset, series, and the number of required cables. GPUs receive their power through cables with pins on them.

if the OEM limited the speed / power draw on both the CPU and GPU, they can probably get away with a 500W PSU. but OEM cards use more power, so you want the bigger PSU.

Is buying a 30 series GPU worth it? ›

It's more than capable of 1080p gaming, which is enough for some players. If you're an entry-level PC gamer or think of yourself as more of a casual player, then this graphics card and the gaming PCs that use it will be sufficient for you. It helps that it doesn't cost as much as other GPUs too.

If your graphic card RTX 3080 was low profile, that power supply should not be a problem. However, if it was not low profile, you need a power supply with at least a minimum of 750 watts. If you plan to overclock your RTX 3080 or run it at high settings, we recommend a power supply of 850 watts or higher.

If you are buying new, 30-series makes little sense. If you have a 30-series already, and you are happy with the performance, don't feel pressured. But Frame Generation is a huge deal, a 4060 Ti performs roughly on-par with a 3090 Ti, when Frame Generation is enabled, while consuming about 300W less power.

Yes. That is the - recommended watts for a power supply, on a system including a 3060 Ti graphics card.

Some PSUs can't cope with the sudden rapid rise and drop in power usage. Older PSUs usually can't handle this so while 450W should be fine on sustained loads with the 3060, considering it's from 2015 it might not be able to handle the spikes.

Nvidia recommends at least a 600W PSU for the 3060 Ti, so, yes, a 650W PSU should be able to handle it, so long as you're not using outrageous amounts of power elsewhere in your system. I would suggest also checking against the recommendations of the manufacturer of the specific card that you buy.

The GeForce RTX 3080 is rated for 350W of total board power, and Nvidia recommends using a 750W power supply with it. That's a lot more than prior-gen Founders Edition graphics cards required.

Yes, it is.

Nvidia recommends a 650 W PSU for 3060 Ti.