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edd471   12-11-2007 at 03:12:09 PM

I recently purchased this card
XFX PVT44AWANG GeForce 6200 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X Video Card

and when I installed it it was working until I ran a benchmark test...it started off great and then
died on about the third test. The computer rebooted and then it would not recognize the card.
Long story short I removed the card because it had a minimum power supply requirement of 250w
and my Netvista 8310-1au only has a 185w power supply. Reading up on this weak p.s. showed
that it is a pain in the butt to replace it, not a simple plug and play.

My question is: Is there a card I can use without upgrading my power supply? I am tempted to buy
this one but I don't want to have to return it again.

ASUS N6200/TD/128 GeForce 6200 128MB 64-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Low Profile Video Card

My specs:
1.8 GHz P4
1.5 Gig of ram
On board video
185w power supply

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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cfvh600   12-11-2007 at 05:14:41 PM
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Shame that's not great.Sorry to hear about your problems.I think you're going to battle to find a decent card to play games that'll require less than the 185W. It'd be better to try and upgrade the PSU.

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aevm   12-11-2007 at 06:29:11 PM
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There's the GeForce MX 4000 for example. It's good enough for Diablo 2 or movies, and a good match for your CPU and PSU. Anything better than that will probably need a new PSU. Sorry...

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edd471   12-11-2007 at 06:55:31 PM
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Thanks for the replies, and the sympathy :-) I got the computer free and just had to get it fixed ($45) and I was hoping just to upgrade the memory and video card to have a decent computer for older games. I'll check out the GeForce MX 4000....unfortunately the PSU in the netvista is a pain to replace, something about changing pin configurations...don't really want to go there.

Thanks for the replies, I'll see what I can do.

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cfvh600   12-11-2007 at 07:03:47 PM
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You're welcome.Good luck with the machine.

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