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Whats the best GPU i can get on a high quality 288 watt PSU?

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raywand   11-01-2008 at 09:06:35 PM

Hi guys i have a Gateway gt5482e computer. I want to know what is that best GPU i can get on a 288 watt PSU. I was thinking of a 9500 gt or an ati HD4670. Im planning on running some games on my new card such as COD4,farcy 2, and dead space. And please i dont want to upgrade my PSU i just want to know will the cards work on my PSU and whats the best card i can get on my PSU.

My PSU specs

288 watt psu a Bestec-300 12E3

+12v a=18A +12v b=18A
+5v=25A -12v=0.8A
+3.3v=25A -5v s8=2A

I wonder why this PSU has dual 12V rails.

Computer specs

90nm AMD Athalon 64x2 dual core 6000+ 3.0ghz core clock uses 125watts on a full load
Nvidia nforce 480 motherboard with 6150se intergrated graphics
3 gigs of DDR@ ram clocked at 667 mhz on each of the 4 cards (1gig,512mb,1gig,512mb) dual channels
400 gb 7200rpm sata II HDD
DVD+RW super multi drive
4 usb devices mouse,keyboard,etc.
19" 1440X900 res monitor

For the 9500 gt add 50 watts of power. For HD4670 add 65. For a card that you recommend please tell me that power conumption.
Thanks guys.

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daskrabbe   11-01-2008 at 09:44:24 PM
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The 4670 should be possible. Maybe pull out "etc." when gaming. :)

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dirtmountain   11-01-2008 at 09:52:34 PM
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I'd go with the HD4670

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raywand   11-01-2008 at 10:27:19 PM
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How much better is the 4670 then the 9500 gt and what will happen if i play games on a 9500 gt?

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MattC   11-01-2008 at 10:58:10 PM
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Sorry for not offering any suggestions about a GPU (the above suggestions look fine, though!), but what makes you believe that is a high quality PSU? If you had just read the name and specs of that PSU, I suspect I and everyone else would tell you that it's a piece of junk that probably can't put out what it's rated for, at least at a sustained level, for long.

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raywand   11-02-2008 at 01:23:04 AM
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Do you think it might put out enough power for a 9500 gt?

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dirtmountain   11-02-2008 at 02:57:32 AM
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It will, but a much better choice is the HD4670. Performance is much higher, unless your budget can only handle a weaker card, i'd go with any of several 4xxx series ATI cards.

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Silver CPUs badge JohnnyLucky   11-02-2008 at 02:57:38 AM
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Here's a link for the Thermaltake power supply calculator:

http://www.thermaltake.outervision.com/

Fill in the blanks with information about your system plus a video card. Let us know what kind of results you get.

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raywand   11-02-2008 at 03:48:22 AM
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I got 283 watts with everything on max power use and i also added 10 extra watts just to be sure. The 283 wattage use was with the HD4670 i would think that with a 9500gt i would use 260 watts because it uses about 15 watts less then the HD 4670. on a 90% load it came in at 255 watts still had 10 watts added extra to be sure. with the 9500 gt it was 245.

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raywand   11-02-2008 at 03:51:19 AM
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Also there is no budget problom for me i just probably wont get the HD 4670 because it uses more power then a 9500 gt and preforms close to it.

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