When you realize the importance of a graphics card for gaming then basically you want to get something powerful and get your PC performance increased.
But in some case, what you want to achieve can be blocked because of some factors, one of them is video card product with high power requirement.
So inside the article, find some graphics card series to avoid if power consumption is one of your concern.
Radeon HD 7790
Radeon HD 7790 is example of a video card with high max TDP, 85W. Moreover, it's just a little high than GTX 1050 Ti with 75W.
With 1x 6-pin power connector, basically no gamers should try to use it with cheap power supply inside their computer. Also consider its bigger size and can occupy some more space inside the PC case.
For term of specification, it was a middle class gpu at its era. Moreover, the power is still limited with 1GB size of memory. But remember, not many games require a lot of Vram back then. And even today, 1GB size video card is still enough for 720p gaming in general.
Radeon HD 6950
This video card can draw 200W according to Tech power up, so it means one power connector only is not enough. You can also guess easily if the card was released years a go based on the power consumption alone.
Considering its specs, HD 6950 should be used for 720p gaming purpose thanks to its large memory size, and also due to large Bandwidth, 160.0 GB/s.
Interestingly its reference version has extra wide design which can not be handled by a mini case.
Radeon HD 7850
It's another product released some few years ago, so surely many GPU have outclassed this HD 7850. But remember, it was used as recommended requirement to many heavy games before.
Basically, if you still consider GT 1030 as benchmark for the least graphics card to have, then HD 7850 is more powerful. Hence this AMD card should be also ideal for 1080p gaming even though it won't be as good as GTX 1050 ti GTX 1650.
In terms of power requirement, it needs 1x 6-pin connector thanks to 130 max TDP it needs to run properly.
Radeon HD 6970
Yes it another HD series from AMD with high power requirement, surely not all of them since they also got more efficient product such as HD 7750 and HD 6670.
And another similarity with some product listed here is it came before 2010s.
Well with 250 W max TDP, not only does it need 1x 6-pin, HD 6970 also needs 1x 8-pin power connector.
And for the gaming performance, it's just a little stronger than HD 7850 and GTX 650 Ti Boost.
Radeon HD 5970
HD 5970 is a good proof if a GPU made before GT 1030 era can be so power hungry and is less efficient to play games.
Especially when a product released in 2022 that can give similar performance like GTX 1630 only draws 75 Watt and no power connector is needed.
With 294W max TDP, only high end graphics card like RTX 3090 Ti can beat its power consumption. But its total performance is same with GTX 1050.
Therefore, in this article you just found the card with most power requirement, HD 5970.
Finally, the answer can be found inside Low Power Graphics Card article, so gamers should not get any problem to find product that will fit to pair with their computer PSU.
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