Help for an old pc

[semi-pro waster]

Oh my very unlucky.

Your Colorsit 480W only has 17A on 12v rail, thats almost suicidal for a 6800

+5V 45A
+3.3V 30A
+12V 17A

Not quite true, my X-Pro 400w was rated at about 16-17A for the 12V rail and it has powered my 6800GT (and the rest of my system) for the past 3 odd years without a single issue. Admittedly they did subsequently revise the label to read 20A without changing the internals but people do have a habit of overestimating the requirements.

Remember PSUs are not about wattage, the Amps are important especially on the 12v rail.

True, the amps are more important than the simple rating of 500w or whatever.

The 4x AGP slot would be a large bottle neck too, unfortunately that doesn’t matter anymore.

Disagree here though, the difference between 4x AGP and 8x AGP is usually around a max of 5-10% as most of the graphics cards available on AGP barely saturate the bandwidth available and even the ones that do will only touch on the full capacity fairly rarely.

Edit: i think the 4x AGP slot used 1.5v while the 8X 3v.

AGP 1x used 3.3v, AGP 2x used either 3.3v or (more commonly) 1.5v, AGP 4x uses 1.5v and AGP 8x uses .8v (i.e. the AGP 3.0 standard which might be where the confusion stems from) but is compatible with motherboards supplying 1.5v.

spawner there is no way that the graphics card cannot be backwards compatible, it is an inherant part of the AGP specification. If it somehow caused your AGP slot to blow you were (very) unlucky but that is all it is.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

just stick in more ram and spend 65 quid for a 7600gt agp and be done with it. rag it on till quad cores are cheap as chips and ddr3 system ram's the norm.

 

[spawner]

Well, im now toying with the idea 'to save money' just changing the mobo then if its 8x agp compatable I can use the 6800

I can only find one mobo tho & its only AGP 8X/4X 1.5V,
MOBO HERE
ocuk doesnt stock them, as there possibly obsolete.

ok maybe not, I can only find 1.5v mobos for the agp slot, so looks like an upgrade

Yup!

What address?

gt

Looks as im with the wife this afternoon, so I will be online tomorrow, sry about that, will tommorow ever come

 

[spawner]

just stick in more ram and spend 65 quid for a 7600gt agp and be done with it. rag it on till quad cores are cheap as chips and ddr3 system ram's the norm.

the agp slot has blown, so no more upgrades for this pc

 

[BAMBI]

Well, im now toying with the idea 'to save money' just changing the mobo then if its 8x agp compatable I can use the 6800

I can only find one mobo tho & its only AGP 8X/4X 1.5V,
MOBO HERE

Id be tempted to find a second hand board, they have to be dirt cheap now.

 

[spawner]

Ok tried to get money back, didn't work didn't think it would, im too honest

hi, sorry its been so long, my pc went in for the card to be fitted, they had major problems with it, it came down to the card was not working.

Hi how do you mean the card was not working in what way? as this item was tested before despatch to yourself is it Working now?
Regards
Pearl

Dont know, the pc guy just said it wasnt working, but its caused damage to my agp slot & now I have to buy a new system, lucky that I have an onboard graphics because I would realy be stuffed..

Hi sorry to hear about the troube. As i said the card was working fine before i despatched it are you sure it wasn't your agp slot that damaged the card it is an 8X card running at 1.5 volts some boards run at 3.3 volts and can destroy the card if the settings are not correct
Regards
Pearl

hi, I was told it was the other way around, my board is 1.5 v & the card required 3v thats why it needs extra power, and no, the card blew my mobo agp slot! I assume from your reply that your not willing to take the card back then
Regards
Darren

Sorry that card ia a 0.8volt to 1.5volt the extra power is a 12volt line to supply the extra current and you need to be sure your PSU can handle it. Either way the card is incompatible with your motherboard which isn't my fault i can't accept returns on computer parts due to the delicate nature of the items and they can be easily damaged just by handling.As i said before this item was tested and working i always state in my listings whether they are working or are untested sold as seen
Regards
Pearl

yea i understand, can blame a ebayer for trying tho lol, tbh, if the shoe were on the other foot i would say the same, I will leave positive feedback.

is there any truth about the voltage thing?? before it blew the slot I bought another psu, so it couldnt have been the psu.

 

[gt_junkie]

Looks as im with the wife this afternoon, so I will be online tomorrow, sry about that, will tommorow ever come

No probs!

gt

 

[spawner]

ok got contact

 

[gt_junkie]

ok got contact

Let me know how you get on pal!

gt

 

[spawner]

Will do, thanks

 

[spawner]

Me again

As you know I have a xfx 6800 xtreme 256 8x agp gpu, im looking everywhere to find out if the card is 1.5v or 3.3v

Any ideas, I have googled it but cant find what im looking for.

All help gratefully received

Spawn

XFX part number = PV-T42K-UDE3
XFX full part name = NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT 256MB DDR3 AGP
XFX link = >>HERE<<

 

[Lanz]

It'll be 1.5v.

 

[spawner]

Cheers Lanz

 

[spawner]

Well what a week i have had.

A real nice guy gave me a asrock mobo, and i was going to tackle changeing it over myself, but with the bad luck i had with old mobo i thought better of it.
Took it to a local shop to get it fitted, well this is where the fun began..

Monday took pc, new mobo & gpu for them to change the mobo & for gpu into it, pc didnt get onto there bench until tuesday, phoned me and said the mobo is too big for my 'tiny' chassis lucky enuff I had won a gigabyte case from a magazine (yipeeee) so as it was late tuesday when they phoned, I took case first thing wednesday.
Got a phone call that afternoon saying the 6800 was faulty, I cant remember why (doh) so i asked them to put in the old ati 9600SE.
when I woke up Thursday i thought why not just get another agp card & get them to fit it as the price was all included anyway, phoned them and they were ok with fitting it but they didnt have any cards in stock, so i had to do it...sorry oc but i was in a rush......yep i think u know where i went......still thinking hey.......ok i wont go on any longer.......ok a little ......yep PC world, ok dont shoot me but like i say needs must (blushing) bought a ATI 1650pro, took it to the shop the fitted it & i got the pc back later thursday, so here i am thinking why did i try to upgrade & not just buy another pc, oh well as we say 'live & learn' i just wish I did the learning before I tried firring the agp 6800 card in the first place....waaaaaaaa....

Well sorry for the long post, my gratitude goes to all oc members whom have helped me, u know who u are

Thanks again