power needs

While looking at 550w -600w supplies to adequately handle running an SLI setup here as a thought I came across something of a warning about the 7900 series cards.

"Date Reviewed: May 29, 2006
CzarKasm from CA
Member Since:
Jul 2003
Be wary of the 7900 series
Strengths: Great performance at high resolutions. Quiet and cool.
Weaknesses: High failure rate for 7900 GT and GTX cards from multiple manufacturers.
Summary: Somebody dropped the ball this time around. You can search the net for several articles about the way these cards are failing. Try [H] first. My card has started showing signs of impending failure: huge portions of the screen went black in BF2, upon exiting BF2, major parts of the Windows desktop would flash and/or not display properly until reboot. I'm pretty sure I've got an RMA in my future, but seeing as how no one has made an announcement with an absolute solution, I'm waiting it out. I don't want to ride the RMA merry-go-round that others have been doing." http://www.pricegrabber.com/rating_getprodrev.php/product_id=17687590/id_type=M It seems someone wasn't happy with an SLI setup running that model. But a minimum of 480watts is the general thought on SLI setups to meet the added demand there.
 
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Well im buying a computer (probably from ibuypower.com) and I was going to get that card in SLI mode. Do you think that is a smart choice still?
 
knockout34 said:
Well im buying a computer (probably from ibuypower.com) and I was going to get that card in SLI mode. Do you think that is a smart choice still?
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I would just get a ati radeon X1900XT it will play most games maxed out and you wont have to worry about the 7900 series giving you a bad card.
 
saw something else

I went to Nvidia's wabsite and they said it was only wth the overclocked models. Also, they said it was being fixed (which i don't believe) but i wouldnt get an OC model.
 
SLI mode and Crossfire are both intended for dual card setups. Those are not for a single PCI-Express card there. If you look over where the first pci slot used to be on older boards the second PCI-E slot is intended for the secondary addon card. A plate that look likes a plastic bridge with clips at each end snaps down inplace to cophase the two cards run together. Usually the blue not black colored slot is seen on most boards as the primary 16x slot when running a single card. That is where to insert a good card like the X1900 models.
 
knockout34 said:
yea i miht just get a Radeon X1900 XTX. Thx
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I wouldnt get the XTX just get the XT its cheaper and the only thing differnetn on it is slower clock speeds and its not that much slower and can be easliy achived by overclocking.
 
I grabbed an MSI Radeon X1300 Pro for the replacement board needed last week and so far haven't seen one problem with it for the $79- price tag when ordered from newegg. And that is running it strictly stock with a 600mhz clock speed. The older X700 was one that saw 700mhz while the X850 was one that many favored for gaming. Why spend $300-500 for the latest bells when you can do the same at a far lower price?
 
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