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Bunkalnarf

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The time has arrived I fianally get to send my MSI TI4200 to Florida to retire. Ol Bessy served me well but I wanna play Half Life 2 Doom 3 Quake 4 CoD 2 Farcry Battlefield 2 F.E.A.R B&W2 and AoE III at 1024X768 and well lets face it Bessy was getting old and the joints were getting creaky.

I plan on buying a evga 6600GT. Something cheap that can play new games well at 1024X768 and can tie me over until I buy a new rig.

So my questions are for you guys.

What PSU do I need to get because I know this old 300W shitter isnt going to get the job done?

My other question is what kind of performence can I expect with a AMD XP2500 oced to XP3000, 1 gig of ram, Soltek 75frn mobo and a 6600gt?

I will be buying from NCIX its a Canadian site. They have always given me great service and good prices

http://tinyurl.com/8sthv thats the 6600gt
http://tinyurl.com/7jaxj thats the list of PSUs

Try and keep the psu as cheap as possible. Remember im trying to tie myself over not go broke
 
I agree with above poster. Save the $$ on the psu and get a lightly better videocard. Like a 6800GS.
 
I have an XP3200 with 1 gig and a 6600gt....I play HL2/CSS/DOD with Full HDR at 1152x864 with all settings on high (No AA)....you shoudl be able to play fine on most games at 1024x768...
 
EgyptBoy20: This is a real shitter generic PSU it came with my 60$CAN case in June of 03.
How sure would you be that a 6600GT or a 6800GS would run fine. Im not a big fan of stuff melting shorting out and imploding.
 
Post a list of your components and you can check if your power supply should/will handle them, there used to be a link that you could input your specific components in and it would tell you how much power it would require. Anyone have this link?
 
Bunkalnarf said:
With my setup at 100% usage it says 297W. Thats a little close for comfort.
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That's max load and takes into consideration inefficiency. You'll be fine.
 
Bunkalnarf said:
With my setup at 100% usage it says 297W. Thats a little close for comfort.
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Another thing to consider is that the 6600 gt and any uber card in that price class will probably require a Power connector, connected directly onto the videocard. Your Ti 4200 didn't. Do you have another free power cable that you can hook into the card?

I've noticed stability issues unless you run a dedicated cable into the 6600GT. In other words dont use the one that is also connected to your hard drive and optical drive, but a cable right from the supply into the card.
 
Lord Exodia:What you talking bout 2 weeks fool!?
** I do belive I have a dedicated extra cable. I can verify this tomorrow because Im in bed right now with the lappy :p

serbiaNem:Are you sure? Because I dont want a giant molten PSU that brings down the rest of my system with it. Also if I buy the 6800GS, If I unlocked it would that bring the power needs up and is there any chance I could kill the card?
 
The newer videocards have a 4 pin molex right on the card. A power connector right on the card that is identical to the type of power connector on your DVD rom or hard drive. You need to plug a power cable right into the videocard on newer cards. I dont know if anyone has told you about this, just wanted to prepare you.
 
I have an almost identcal setup to yours.

i upgraded to a 6800 last year (before HL2)
and have 5 HDs and 2 optics running on a 350 W PSU

pretty good perfomace.
FEAR playes with some candy 16xAF 2xAA 1000x800
HL2 playes freag at 1200x1000 with some candy also
CSS playes well aslong as there is no HDR
HDR is the bane of Nvidia cards.
 
Two questions,how big is the difference between a Evga6600GT and a BFG6800GS. Second one is if I unlock the card to 16/6 instead of 12/5 is there a chance I could kill the card and would that increase the power usage.
 
I know not everyone wants to blow tons of cash on uber high end video cards, which I can definitely understand, but I still think you should splurge a -little- bit beyond what you want to spend to get to at least a 6800 series card of some type or the ATI equivalent. I think the speed difference would be worth it, especially in the long run seeing as how you really milked every last drop out of your trusty ti4200 before deciding to upgrade. Just my 2c though.
 
Bunkalnarf said:
EgyptBoy20: This is a real shitter generic PSU it came with my 60$CAN case in June of 03.
How sure would you be that a 6600GT or a 6800GS would run fine. Im not a big fan of stuff melting shorting out and imploding.
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Neither am I ;) The PSU I'm running came with this Gateway I have :D
 
I just got the same 6600GT and have been pretty happy with it so far. I put a Zalman VF700 on it and it runs BF2 at 2xAA and High detail on most of the settings except for dynamic lights and shadows. I tried turning high on all setting but it stuttered alot. I think it's a great card that was meant to tide me over until Conroe comes out. Oh I also have a generic 350W ps with the system in my sig and the card runs fine sharing power with one HD.
 
Well good news its a snow day today! Living in Canada rules.

I cleaned out my heatsink this morning and checked to see if I have a power cable thats not coming off the same chain as the HD,DVDR and DVDrom. It looks as though I do.

So I guess as soon as I get one of my "I teeth" out (just got braces) Ill order the this card
http://www.ncix.com/products/index....GSA&manufacture=BFG Technologies&promoid=1021

Any last words or comments?
Id like to thank everyone for their advice and help
 
Well right now the card is on for 228.99$ Can. I should be ordering within the next few days
 
ITS ORDERED, OH GOD FIANALLY NO MORE TI4200. Now to get my copys of FRAPS,Rivatuner,ATI Tool for artifacts,Driver Cleaner and the latest drivers
 
Bunkalnarf said:
With my setup at 100% usage it says 297W. Thats a little close for comfort.
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In case no one actually said it directly, you will never be running your CPU at full load for more than an hour unless you run Folding@Home.
 
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