power supply question

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ad356

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currently my system consists of a:
1. AMD athlon 64 x2 windsor 4200+
2. (3) western digital hard drive; 1 80 GB IDE, 2 250 GB SATA, all drives are 7200 RPM
3. ANTEC 430 W true-power supply
4. ANTEC lanboy case
5. (2) 1 GB sticks of DDR2
6. (1) DVD-RW drive
7. NVIDIA 7900 GS 256 MB version
8. Mainboard :Gigabyte GA-M55PLUS-S3G
i am currently considering upgrading to a 8800 GTS video card. they have come down in price recently and i was thinking about directx 10 gaming. is it worth it? and would my currently supply be able to take the "heat". i like my 7900, but would like to get into the direct 10 card. i currently play fsx, company of hereos, and world in conflict. all of which support directX 10
 
Extreme OuterVision has a really good PSU calculator. Plug in your components, and the calculator will tell you how many watts are required from your PSU.

I can tell you that your current PSU is probably insufficient for the 8800. Those cards require at least 450W.
 
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Whats your budget? are you on windows XP? if you are you would need to have Vista for DX10, also at them moment the $280 8800GT 512mb card whoops the GTS's and are right with the GTX
 
well to be honest, i'm currently running xp however i have a windows vista basic license. i dont currently run vista, but i have it. i think its a resource hog so i ran vista for a while but went back to xp, is direct x 10 worth having to run vista? does vista basic support direct x 10? i think it does but im not sure. also is a 7900 GS going to run out of steam soon? i think its a good card but i'm thinking direct x 10. i also used the extreme outvision powersupply calcuator and it came up with less than 400 W draw with a 8800 series card and the rest of my setup. i think its not accurate but im not sure. number seems a little low.
 
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ad356 said:
well to be honest, i'm currently running xp however i have a windows vista basic license. i dont currently run vista, but i have it. i think its a resource hog so i ran vista for a while but went back to xp, is direct x 10 worth having to run vista? does vista basic support direct x 10? i think it does but im not sure. also is a 7900 GS going to run out of steam soon? i think its a good card but i'm thinking direct x 10. i also used the extreme outvision powersupply calcuator and it came up with less than 400 W draw with a 8800 series card and the rest of my setup. i think its not accurate but im not sure. number seems a little low.
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That number does seem a little low. :confused:
 
ad356 said:
well to be honest, i'm currently running xp however i have a windows vista basic license. i dont currently run vista, but i have it. i think its a resource hog so i ran vista for a while but went back to xp, is direct x 10 worth having to run vista? does vista basic support direct x 10? i think it does but im not sure. also is a 7900 GS going to run out of steam soon? i think its a good card but i'm thinking direct x 10. i also used the extreme outvision powersupply calcuator and it came up with less than 400 W draw with a 8800 series card and the rest of my setup. i think its not accurate but im not sure. number seems a little low.
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Hmm... maybe cause you didn't tell which type of 8800? An 8800GT has the power suction of an 8600GT (which is low), while the Ultra... :rolleyes:

Idle - Low power compumption... Common sense right?

Loaded - Got's things to process = more power needed...

And don't trust those calculators too much, for an rought estimate, sure. But for 100% accuracy, nope.
 
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