I just recently bought a new graphics card, a GeForce FX5900XT, to replace my aging GeForce 2. When I put it in, I ran into a few problems. First was, I didn't notice the four-pin power connector on the end of the card (similiar to the power connections for hard drives). I hadn't plugged that in. Furthermore, my power supply wasn't powerful enough to handle the card even if I had plugged it in, since it was only 200W and it required a minimum of 250W total system power.
Anyway, I got the card installed (without connecting it to the power source, by accident) and my machine runs. After a reboot or two to allow Windows and the nVidia drivers to fully recognize the card, I get a message on my screen informing me that the card is not recieving enough power and so it will be automatically scaling back the performace of the card to avoid any system crashes/lockups/meltdowns. That was good at the time.
Now it seems to be a big problem. I have since gotten a new power supply (350W) and I have plugged the card in. The performance has not improved in the slightest, and in some games it performs WORSE than my GeForce2 did. I need some serious help here before I throw the thing out the window thinking I wasted $170.
Other system specs:
P4 1.5 GHz
768 MB PC133 RAM
AGP 4x slot
Any sugggestions on how I could remedy this problem would be greatly appreciated. I have already tried reinstalling the drivers and it hasn't worked.
Thanks in advance.
Anyway, I got the card installed (without connecting it to the power source, by accident) and my machine runs. After a reboot or two to allow Windows and the nVidia drivers to fully recognize the card, I get a message on my screen informing me that the card is not recieving enough power and so it will be automatically scaling back the performace of the card to avoid any system crashes/lockups/meltdowns. That was good at the time.
Now it seems to be a big problem. I have since gotten a new power supply (350W) and I have plugged the card in. The performance has not improved in the slightest, and in some games it performs WORSE than my GeForce2 did. I need some serious help here before I throw the thing out the window thinking I wasted $170.
Other system specs:
P4 1.5 GHz
768 MB PC133 RAM
AGP 4x slot
Any sugggestions on how I could remedy this problem would be greatly appreciated. I have already tried reinstalling the drivers and it hasn't worked.
Thanks in advance.