PSU Specs help when considering graphics card

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I am a building PC for someone and am getting this graphics card ( Nvidia Geforce 260 GTX Core 216 ) for it but am trying to pick out a suitible PSU for it, and I think I found one, but I need help on a certain spec I am trying to understand. My rig has the Nvidia Geforce 260 GTX and this PSU so I hope that it was a good pick indeed :D.

Heres the Graphics Card
Newegg.com - EVGA 896-P3-1265-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Here is the PSU
Newegg.com - Rosewill RP600V2-S-SL 600W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Ready Power Supply - Power Supplies

On the video card it says...
(Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 36 Amp Amps.)

But I am wondering how do I confirm that this PSU gives the needed amount of Amps for sure.

On the PSU specs in the above link, if I am not mistaken, where it states the output as seen here...
Output +3.3@30A,+5V@55A,+12V1@19A,+12V2@19A,-12V@1A,+5V SB@2.5A

Seeing +12V2@19A

Does this mean that I take 19A + 19A = 38 Amps and since that exceeds of the needed 36 Amps at 12 volts stated for the video card, is that good enough?

Thanks
 
You are correct, that is how you determine the amps of a psu. Some PSUs have more than one +12v rail and some (the best ones) have 1 big +12v rail.

Rosewill is decent but I would go for one of these.

Newegg.com - PC Power & Cooling S61EPS 610W Continuous @ 40°C EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply compatible with core i7 - Power Supplies - 49 amps on the +12v rail!'

or

Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Power Supplies - 52 amps on the +12v rail!

PC power & cooling is the best brand but Corsair is right behind them.
 
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