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charon2112   12-30-2008 at 02:23:46 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102781

The rest of my system is:

EPOX 8KhA+ Motherboard
Athlon XP 1600
1.5 gigs ram
a DVD burner

That's about it. Thanks! :)

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Bronze Graphics badge coozie7   12-30-2008 at 02:40:43 PM
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No, read the Newegg reveiws!

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GhislainG   12-30-2008 at 02:50:18 PM
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In the reviews, one person tried it with a 160W PSU and it didn't work and I would ignore the one who claims that a 550W PSU is required. Since that video card draws little current, I'd give it a try. It's impossible to confirm that it will definitely work since we don't know if your PSU is a quality or a cheap unit.

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billin30   12-30-2008 at 03:08:28 PM
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Besides the fact that the PSU probably wont work, you are gonna be bottlenecked quite badly by the rest of your system. Why dont you take that 400 bucks and upgrade the rest of your components first.

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charon2112   12-30-2008 at 03:35:02 PM
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Well, the card is $59.99 at newegg, which I have...the $300-$400 to upgrade the whole system I do not have. Maybe I should rethink the whole thing. Wouldn't I see a performance increase from the Radeon 8500 64meg card that I currently have?

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GhislainG   12-30-2008 at 03:56:47 PM
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That card isn't very fast, but it's much faster than the 8500 (which is rather old by current standards). Upgrading from an 8500 to a 9800 Pro was a significant improvement and the X1650 Pro is much faster than the 9800 Pro.

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Kari   12-30-2008 at 04:06:32 PM
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X1650Pro uses like 45W
http://archive.atomicmpc.com.au/fo [...] t=9354&p=0

it should work... of course if the psu has really weak 12V line it might not. care to take a look at the sticker on the side of the psu? It should say how much amperage/watts it can supply at different voltages.

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jsc   12-30-2008 at 04:20:55 PM
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What kind of PSU?

 

Like Kari said, the card pulls about 4 amps under a 3D load. It pulls about 2 amps with a 2D load. So if it works with the desktop and regular 2D appls, but not with games, you need a better PSU


Message edited by jsc on 12-30-2008 at 04:43:57 PM
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charon2112   12-30-2008 at 05:27:17 PM
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I think I'm going to go ahead and upgrade my PSU...Probably a thermaltake 430watt. thanks everybody.

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