Will VisionTek X1650PRO work with only a 250 watt PSU?

Question

I know it says that it requires a 300 watt PSU, but my computer has a fixed PSU and it cant be changed. It seems to have worked for other people. Yes the card must be low-profile too.

Thanks!!!

Answer 1

More than likely it will operate.  

The issue is, is that it will strain your power supply and can cause it to fail, or more importantly can cause the failsafes that protect your computer from surges or spikes to fail.  Subsequently you may become succeptable to damaging other components in the system.

Worse yet, if the strain is too high, and these failsafes are destroyed, you may be succeptable to starting a fire inside the computer.