8800 GTS Help

redpin · 11 May 2007 at 14:11

Hey again, I went ahead and brought the 8800 GTS Graphics Card and i recieved it this wednesday

. I had ago at installing it today with a friend of mine (cos i diddnt feel like waiting til monday for the technician to come round), and it made some wierd noise :eek:

also no picture came up. Could this be a problem with the GFX Card or something to do with the way we installed it.

Cheers

Will_3rd · 11 May 2007 at 14:14

spec?

redpin · 11 May 2007 at 14:30

My Computer specs are:-

Processor:
AMD Athlon™ 64 3500+
Memory:
1024MB DDR400
Hard Drive:
160GB Serial ATA
Video Card:
512MB GeForce 7300GS PCI-X

Cheers

f666 · 11 May 2007 at 14:37

did you uninstall the iold gfx card and drivers first?

redpin · 11 May 2007 at 15:10

yup i uninstalled the old gfx card

Will_3rd · 11 May 2007 at 15:11

What PSU do you have?

redpin · 11 May 2007 at 15:27

250 Watts

vanandjuanunited · 11 May 2007 at 15:28

Guess thats the problem then

redpin · 11 May 2007 at 15:30

Damn

how much PSU do you think i'll need to run the GFX Card

Thanks for your help

FrenchTart · 11 May 2007 at 15:30

Is that not a typo? 250 watts is insanely low...

edit:

I use a 480 watt...and a decent make but it's actually been so long since I got it that I've forgotten exactly what it is, lol.

C2D @ 3.2
2GB ram
8800GTS (620/2200)
74GB Raptor, old 80GB maxtor
DVD RW drive
Audigy2 ZS

I go fairly minimalist in my gaming PC, but I'm still pretty sure that I've pushed this PSU as far as it'll go.

vanandjuanunited · 11 May 2007 at 15:31

Probably a good brand of 450W plus - preferably 520 or thereabouts.

Am using a Hyper 425 no probs with mine.

redpin · 11 May 2007 at 15:35

Aekeron said:
Is that not a typo? 250 watts is insanely low...

Apparently a lot of the MESH computers come with 250 Watts as standard :eek:

Sir Random · 11 May 2007 at 15:40

Does your PSU even have 2 spare molex connectors for the 6-pin adapter? (I'm assuming the PSU doesn't have a built-in 6-pin PCI-E connector)

redpin · 11 May 2007 at 15:43

Yup it does :cool:

well i think it does, because i managed to connect the GFX Card to it

Edit: I just read that i need "500W minimum for PSU and 600W+ is recommended."

redpin · 11 May 2007 at 15:51

I know this is quite a strange question but is it possible to increase the PSU, since it says "Watts 250+"

Also will the GFX Card i brought for my bro work on 250 Watts:-
OcUK GeForce 8600 GT 256MB

Cheers

PS. Sorry for double posting

Will_3rd · 11 May 2007 at 15:54

redpin said:
250 Watts

that's pretty special right there...

Just buy a proper PSU, I wouldn't run an 8600 on a generic PSU either.

n3x · 11 May 2007 at 15:56

redpin said:
I know this is quite a strange question but is it possible to increase the PSU, since it says "Watts 250+"

Also will the GFX Card i brought for my bro work on 250 Watts:-
OcUK GeForce 8600 GT 256MB

Cheers

PS. Sorry for double posting

er... no lol fraid not :eek:

actually is it possible... just noticed he said 8600...

Marky · 11 May 2007 at 15:56

Eeek yus it's your power supply - 8800 GTS is a monster and so requires at least a decent PSU - I'm going to go with 460W or higher... preferably anything above 500W will cut it!

I know this is quite a strange question but is it possible to increase the PSU, since it says "Watts 250+"

Also will the GFX Card i brought for my bro work on 250 Watts:-
OcUK GeForce 8600 GT 256MB

Cheers

PS. Sorry for double posting

Hmm overclocking your PSU.. that's new... lol

Sorry buddy nope - no more watts are going to be squeezed out of it.

Sir Random · 11 May 2007 at 16:04

Whatever you do, don't go for a 'cheap' PSU like Q-Tec. Stick to known brands like Antec, Enermax, etc.

redpin · 11 May 2007 at 16:20

Cheers i was actually curious when i saw a PSU for like £26 which had 600 Watts, i guess i'll stick with going for Coolmasters or something like you said