6800 PSU requirements?

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"Justin Baker" <justin.r.baker@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Quick question, can anyone let me know what size PSU is required by the
> basic 6800?

Standard x-ATX size.

> I'd ideally like to use the card in the following micro-ATX system, with a
> 300w Enlight PSU:
>
> Athlon XP 2400+
> 1Gb DDR
> Leadtek K7NCD18DLM M/B
> Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
> 80Gb 7200rpm HDD
> DVD-ROM & CD-RW
>
> Does it stand a decent chance of working, or should I be looking for a new
> case & PSU first?
>


Your system doesn't seem to be a low-end system so I recommend you use at
least a 400W PSU. nVidia, by the way, recommends something nearer to 500W
for their new baby.

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"Justin Baker" <justin.r.baker@btinternet.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> Does it stand a decent chance of working, or should I be looking for a new
> case & PSU first?

Well, I suggest you buy first the card itself, and if it doesn't work, then
I guess you'll just have to get yourself a new PSU.
The way I see it, if you already decided to pay so much money for a new
graphic card, you won't get a lot more headache by buying a cheap PSU.
But, like I wrote, you should try it first. Even my GF5900SP from MSI, which
has a huge cooling fan, is supposed to work with at least 350W, but it
turned out to work with no problems whatsoever with my PSU @ 300W.

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Bigger PSU needed.

--
DaveW



"Justin Baker" <justin.r.baker@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:cf26i7$qgn$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> Quick question, can anyone let me know what size PSU is required by the
> basic 6800?
>
> I'd ideally like to use the card in the following micro-ATX system, with a
> 300w Enlight PSU:
>
> Athlon XP 2400+
> 1Gb DDR
> Leadtek K7NCD18DLM M/B
> Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
> 80Gb 7200rpm HDD
> DVD-ROM & CD-RW
>
> Does it stand a decent chance of working, or should I be looking for a new
> case & PSU first?
>
> TIA
>
> JB
>
>

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I used two different 300w supplies with a 6800Ultra,
clocked to 446/1.18. Worked fine.

Jeff B


Justin Baker wrote:

> Quick question, can anyone let me know what size PSU is required by the
> basic 6800?
>
> I'd ideally like to use the card in the following micro-ATX system, with a
> 300w Enlight PSU:
>
> Athlon XP 2400+
> 1Gb DDR
> Leadtek K7NCD18DLM M/B
> Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
> 80Gb 7200rpm HDD
> DVD-ROM & CD-RW
>
> Does it stand a decent chance of working, or should I be looking for a new
> case & PSU first?
>
> TIA
>
> JB
>
>

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"Justin Baker" <justin.r.baker@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:<cf26i7$qgn$1@hercules.btinternet.com>...
> Quick question, can anyone let me know what size PSU is required by the
> basic 6800?
>
> I'd ideally like to use the card in the following micro-ATX system, with a
> 300w Enlight PSU:
>
> Athlon XP 2400+
> 1Gb DDR
> Leadtek K7NCD18DLM M/B
> Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
> 80Gb 7200rpm HDD
> DVD-ROM & CD-RW
>
> Does it stand a decent chance of working, or should I be looking for a new
> case & PSU first?
>
> TIA
>
> JB


*Work* is a subjective term. I have a 6800GT that *works* with my
Antec Tru430. But it obviously needs a little more juice. My CPU
scores drop the higher the card is clocked. I get about a 10% CPU
increase by dropping to 300/900 in both Aquamark3 and 3dmark2001.
Actually the only time I see increases with higher clock rates on the
GPU is at high resolutions with AA. BTW

Abit IC7
P4 2.6C
PNY 6800GT
Seagate Cheetah 15k.3 18GB
36GB Western Digital Raptor
80GB Western Digital SE
200GB Seagate IDE
Adaptec U160 controller
Audigy 2 ZS
10/100 PCI NIC
PCI PVR-250
Sony DRU-500A DVD+-RW
LiteOn 16X DVD-ROM

Eric

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"Ed Light" <nobody@nobody.there> wrote in message news:<54QRc.3684$yh.2521@fed1read05>...
> "Eric Witte" <ewitte@hotmail.com> wrote
> > My CPU
> > scores drop the higher the card is clocked.
>
> Maybe it's an attribute of Aquamark.
>
> I replaced my 2000+ at stock 1.65v (mb says 1.68 ??) and 1666 with a mobile
> 35w 2200+ which is, for now, at 1.55v and 1660. It runs several C cooler.
>
> Being a Barton, the mobile gets 10% better on the Aquamark cpu score.
>
> But Aquamark deprecated my ti4200 and gave almost the exact overall score as
> before.
>
> And that's with a lower pull on the psu.\
>
> Aquamark
> 2000+ 15,494 gfx 1,850 cpu 4,767
> Barton 15,496 1,818 cpu 5,241 (+10%)
> --
> Ed Light

It does it in 3dmark as well. The only benchmark I had that went up
with an overclock was Doom3. 3dmark 2001 has about the exact same
scores with the GPU at 300/900,350/1000(stock) and 420/1130. But if
you look through the results, the higher CPU tests dropped as the GPU
went up. 3dmark 2003 gives me about 8000 at 300/900 and 8500 at
350/1000. It should be closer to 10,000. When I go to 420/1130 it
dropps to 7100. Doom 3 gives me 42.6/44.6/49 with those settings.
That is at 1600x1200 2xAA,8XAF.

I actually know I have a power issue now though. For one the PC did
not start up after I put the card in. It did not do so until I
unplugged the floppy. I also used a calculator to determine I'm using
more than my 12v rail can handle. About 22A. The PSU is rated for
20A.

Eric

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"Ed Light" <nobody@nobody.there> wrote in message news:<8s8Sc.5450$yh.11@fed1read05>...
> "Eric Witte" <ewitte@hotmail.com> wrote
> > I actually know I have a power issue now though.
>
> OK good luck.
>
>
> --
> Ed Light
>
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Improvements
old 100% stock --> new 100% stock--> Ultra GPU & 2.6C@2.8
Doom3 44.6fps --> 47fps --> 53.2fps
3dmark 2001 14500 --> 16800 --> 18500
3dmark 2003 8500 --> 9500 --> 11968
Aquamark3 37700 --> 54000 --> 60250

My single light high polygon test in 2001 tripled! It was just barely
over 8 light before (42?). Now its about 117. Most of this was
reloading chipset drivers though.

Eric

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ewitte@hotmail.com (Eric Witte) wrote:
> "Ed Light" <nobody@nobody.there> wrote:
> > "Eric Witte" <ewitte@hotmail.com> wrote
> > > My CPU
> > > scores drop the higher the card is clocked.
> >
> > Maybe it's an attribute of Aquamark.
> >
> > I replaced my 2000+ at stock 1.65v (mb says 1.68 ??) and 1666 with a mobile
> > 35w 2200+ which is, for now, at 1.55v and 1660. It runs several C cooler.
> >
> > Being a Barton, the mobile gets 10% better on the Aquamark cpu score.
> >
> > But Aquamark deprecated my ti4200 and gave almost the exact overall score as
> > before.
> >
> > And that's with a lower pull on the psu.\
> >
> > Aquamark
> > 2000+ 15,494 gfx 1,850 cpu 4,767
> > Barton 15,496 1,818 cpu 5,241 (+10%)
> > --
> > Ed Light
>
> It does it in 3dmark as well. The only benchmark I had that went up
> with an overclock was Doom3. 3dmark 2001 has about the exact same
> scores with the GPU at 300/900,350/1000(stock) and 420/1130. But if
> you look through the results, the higher CPU tests dropped as the GPU
> went up. 3dmark 2003 gives me about 8000 at 300/900 and 8500 at
> 350/1000. It should be closer to 10,000. When I go to 420/1130 it
> dropps to 7100. Doom 3 gives me 42.6/44.6/49 with those settings.
> That is at 1600x1200 2xAA,8XAF.
>
> I actually know I have a power issue now though. For one the PC did
> not start up after I put the card in. It did not do so until I
> unplugged the floppy. I also used a calculator to determine I'm using
> more than my 12v rail can handle. About 22A. The PSU is rated for
> 20A.
>
> Eric

What I'd want to know, from any "powerful" or a knowledgeable guy
here, is that what does it mean if your power supply has two separate
amperage values given to the 12V rail? I have a 400W power supply
from Q-technology that says 15A/12V1 and the other is 16A/12V2.

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"Ed Light" <nobody@nobody.there> wrote:
> "Nada" <nada_says@hotmail.com> wrote
> > What I'd want to know, from any "powerful" or a knowledgeable guy
> > here, is that what does it mean if your power supply has two separate
> > amperage values given to the 12V rail? I have a 400W power supply
> > from Q-technology that says 15A/12V1 and the other is 16A/12V2.
> Maybe it has two separate 12v rails and lines.
> I read a review of I think it was an Enermax 475 that had that.
>
>
> --
> Ed Light

So, if you have a heavy duty P4 and 6800 Ultra, would they use the
same rail or would it be possible to separate the juice consumption?

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Yes I did. No problems turning it on any more However it was the
chipset drivers that fixed my speed problems.

Eric

"Ed Light" <nobody@nobody.there> wrote in message news:<Y39Tc.6158
$yh.5403@fed1read05>...
> Did you replace the psu?
>
>
> --
> Ed Light
>
> Smiley :-/
> MS Smiley :-\
>
> Send spam to the FTC at
> uce@ftc.gov
> Thanks, robots.