# 350 W power supply?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/350-w-power-supply/166344>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [October 19, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/350-w-power-supply/166344 "2005-10-19T04:35:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Optical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Optical](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Optical)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/350-w-power-supply/166344/1 "2005-10-19T04:35:11Z")

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i wanted to buy this geforce 6800 vidcard, but on the system requirements it says that i need a 350 w power supply, i only have 300, can i still use it? what’s the side effect if i use it? and also do you think i can run doom on the highest setting on a 1024 x 768 with this card?