ATI 9800 AIW Pro - <300w Power supply?

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What problems would occur if you use a 9800 AIW Pro graphics card with a
machine that has a power supply rated at less than 300 watts. Would I see a
problem with my display? I'm currently seeing small boxes with white on
black or black on white dots when running 3D games or images.

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Andrew wrote:
>
> On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:37:42 GMT, "Chris Carter" <carterc@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> >What problems would occur if you use a 9800 AIW Pro graphics card with a
> >machine that has a power supply rated at less than 300 watts. Would I see a
> >problem with my display? I'm currently seeing small boxes with white on
> >black or black on white dots when running 3D games or images.
>
> That may well be caused by the PSU, although its not guaranteed to be
> the problem. You are asking for trouble generally by using less than
> 300W on a modern system.
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i have my 9800pro running on a 250w power supply. No problems here.
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On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:24:29 -0400, DreamMaker
<onesuponatime@yahoo.ca> waffled on about something:

>On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:23:30 +0100, ceebs <news_NOSPAMMER@talk21.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Andrew wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 07:37:42 GMT, "Chris Carter" <carterc@comcast.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >What problems would occur if you use a 9800 AIW Pro graphics card with a
>>> >machine that has a power supply rated at less than 300 watts. Would I see a
>>> >problem with my display? I'm currently seeing small boxes with white on
>>> >black or black on white dots when running 3D games or images.
>>>
>>> That may well be caused by the PSU, although its not guaranteed to be
>>> the problem. You are asking for trouble generally by using less than
>>> 300W on a modern system.
>>> --
>>> Andrew. To email unscramble nrc@gurjevgrzrboivbhf.pbz & remove spamtrap.
>>> Help make Usenet a better place: English is read downwards,
>>> please don't top post. Trim messages to quote only relevant text.
>>> Check groups.google.com before asking a question.
>>
>>i have my 9800pro running on a 250w power supply. No problems here.
>
>
>it depend on how strong is your amperage on the 12 volt rail...

Plus what else he has in the case eating the amps... Big CPU with fan,
a few hard drives etc...

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