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Unread 10-05-2011, 11:43
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Re: Defective GTX 480 from Regional... any ideas?

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Originally Posted by thepcphysician View Post
To answer Al's question, it works but it is incredibly unstable and BSODs every 20 minutes or so. This is on a pretty much brand new system with a 1000w Corsair PSU, and it's rock solid without the 480...
I am going to guess that there is a driver that you need to work with your system board. It should be OK with that power supply. I was surprised to find that it can draw 600 watts at peak consumption.
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