Hi. I am new to these forums so in advance sorry if this is in the wrong section.
I want to buy a new video card but I’m not sure that the motherboard I have or the power supply I have is good enough. The video card I want is called the XFX GeForce 9800 GTX Video Card. It has 512MB DDR3 of ram on it. First I will copy and paste the minimum requirements of the video card, and secondly, what is in my computer.
Here are the minimum requirements of the video card:
• 1GB of system memory
• CD or DVD-ROM driver
• 100MB of available hard disk drive space for basic driver installation
• Microsoft Windows Vista or XP operating system
• PCI Express or PCI Express 2.0-compliant system motherboard with one vacant PCI Express x16 slot
• One vacant add-in card slot below the PCI Express x16 slot. This graphics card physically occupies two slots
• 450W PCI Express-compliant system power supply with a combined 12V current rating of 24A or more (Minimum system power requirement based on a PC configured with an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processor)
• Two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors
The website of the video card:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...&Sku=P450-9802
What’s in my computer:
Intel Core 2 CPU 6700 @ 2.66 GHz, 2 GB of ram at 667MHz, 375 watt power supply, 256MB ATI Radeon X1300Pro, Windows Vista Ultimate operating system. The mother board has 3 PCI slots as well as one PCI Express x4 card connector, one PCI Express x16 card connector, one PCI Express x1 card connector (I’m getting this from a manual). I think I should also say it is a dell dimension 9200. (If you need more information about my computer ask and I will try and find it in the manual)
So I know that I need a new power supply because the video card needs at least 450W PCI Express-compliant system power supply with a combined 12V current rating of 24A, as well as two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors. The rest of the requirements I have. The problem is I’m not good with computers at all so I have a few questions. I just want to make sure I don’t go out and buy something that won’t even work in my computer.
So say that the video card needs 450W. Does that mean I would need to get, for example, a 600W power supply? Because the other components of the computer need power correct? If so, how do I find out how much the other parts use...Does this mean that...ok right now I have a 375W power supply, and the video card needs 450W so do I need to buy a (450W +375W) 825W power supply?
Website of a power supply I’ve been looking at:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...983&CatId=1483
Also, the two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors part. Is this a connector from the power supply to the motherboard or a connector from the video card itself to the power supply, or a connector that goes to all three? Sorry I’m not good with computers. If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
I want to buy a new video card but I’m not sure that the motherboard I have or the power supply I have is good enough. The video card I want is called the XFX GeForce 9800 GTX Video Card. It has 512MB DDR3 of ram on it. First I will copy and paste the minimum requirements of the video card, and secondly, what is in my computer.
Here are the minimum requirements of the video card:
• 1GB of system memory
• CD or DVD-ROM driver
• 100MB of available hard disk drive space for basic driver installation
• Microsoft Windows Vista or XP operating system
• PCI Express or PCI Express 2.0-compliant system motherboard with one vacant PCI Express x16 slot
• One vacant add-in card slot below the PCI Express x16 slot. This graphics card physically occupies two slots
• 450W PCI Express-compliant system power supply with a combined 12V current rating of 24A or more (Minimum system power requirement based on a PC configured with an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processor)
• Two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors
The website of the video card:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...&Sku=P450-9802
What’s in my computer:
Intel Core 2 CPU 6700 @ 2.66 GHz, 2 GB of ram at 667MHz, 375 watt power supply, 256MB ATI Radeon X1300Pro, Windows Vista Ultimate operating system. The mother board has 3 PCI slots as well as one PCI Express x4 card connector, one PCI Express x16 card connector, one PCI Express x1 card connector (I’m getting this from a manual). I think I should also say it is a dell dimension 9200. (If you need more information about my computer ask and I will try and find it in the manual)
So I know that I need a new power supply because the video card needs at least 450W PCI Express-compliant system power supply with a combined 12V current rating of 24A, as well as two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors. The rest of the requirements I have. The problem is I’m not good with computers at all so I have a few questions. I just want to make sure I don’t go out and buy something that won’t even work in my computer.
So say that the video card needs 450W. Does that mean I would need to get, for example, a 600W power supply? Because the other components of the computer need power correct? If so, how do I find out how much the other parts use...Does this mean that...ok right now I have a 375W power supply, and the video card needs 450W so do I need to buy a (450W +375W) 825W power supply?
Website of a power supply I’ve been looking at:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...983&CatId=1483
Also, the two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors part. Is this a connector from the power supply to the motherboard or a connector from the video card itself to the power supply, or a connector that goes to all three? Sorry I’m not good with computers. If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.