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ok I am going to get this video card at newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102022

I have a Gateway GT5228 with a 300WATT PSU with 18 amps on BOTH 12v rails.

I have a 4200 x2 2gb DDR2 and a SATA HDD along with a DVD Drive. I used the PSU calculater and is said i would use 295 watts. Will my system be able to handle the x1900GT.

Any help would be awesome.

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Also depends on how old the PSU is... got to account for capacitor aging. I'm assuming that 295 watts would be peak load of course

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