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retles   08-23-2007 at 04:15:48 AM

im about to plunge in and upgrade my old presario with a new video card so i can run games like WoW and cs:s only one problem.

the 7600gt's reccomened psu is 350w, yet mine is only 250w. Will i have to chip out the extra bucks and get a new psu to use this card or will it be safe?

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Noya   08-23-2007 at 05:48:39 AM
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I too tossed a 7600gt into an older Compaq. My Compaq was bought in late 2004 and has been used 24/7 with its 300watt/18amp Bestec garbage PSU. The 7600gt runs fine.
I then swapped the P4/motherboard combo for a dual-core Opteron 165 that I overclocked about 500mhz along with 4 sticks of RAM. I'm waiting for it to kill my motherboard lol. Acutally, I think I'm going to order the 520watt Corsair from buy.com.


Message edited by Noya on 08-23-2007 at 05:50:19 AM
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retles   08-23-2007 at 06:04:18 AM
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so it should run fine on it? mine was from about mid 05 and yet its only a 250w i think. all i know is it says 250w Maximum or something like that. its a pretty bad comp model sr1550nx w/ a athlon 64 3200+

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retles   08-23-2007 at 06:05:33 AM
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o and was it the newer 7600gt? cause i know the one im buying has the gddr3 wich was re-released in the 7600gt

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amnotanoobie   08-23-2007 at 07:39:00 AM
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I think you couldn't burn out the card with a low wattage psu, it just probably wouldn't run at 100% since there is less power than what it actually needs. The worst I think that could happen is that you'd burn out your psu since you're overloading it. I would suggest at the minimum to get a good enough 400W power supply just to have some sort of security.

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