Looking for new vid card

Re: Looking for new vid card

i recommend a new psu too. u might get lots of crashes with your new gpu becos of insufficient power.

Re: Looking for new vid card

I am looking at new video cards. I have a 375 Watt Power supply. I know that a lot of cards have minimums set in the 400's just wondering if my psu can handle any of these. If you have any suggestions about any cards, they are welcome.

7900GT non SLI. I have 7900GT 512MB and 380W PSU. Works great.

Re: Looking for new vid card

Most of the high-end GPUs require additional power (need a 5 pin power connector available), which means a 450W PSU minimum. 6800XT says it only need 300W PSU, but that's an old card. 7900 GTX requires 400W PSU. X850XT requires 350W PSU. I don't really keep track of ATI cards. I use nVidia myself.

The PSU is really for stability. You could risk running with insufficient power, but that can damage things. I wouldn't recommend using anything less than the minimum.

I'm using a 6600GT because of lack of $ and a strong PSU. So far it works fine, with everything on high (except shadows: off, and light: low). Draw distance 100%. 3GB of RAM helps take the load off of the GPU.

:edit: I typically buy the mid-range video cards because the high-end ones cost so much, aren't that big of a boost, and GPUs are obsolete so quickly (sometimes less than 1 year) that I can't justify spending the extra $ on one.

Maybe move this to the Tech. Support forum. More people will respond there I believe.

I am looking at new video cards. I have a 375 Watt Power supply. I know that a lot of cards have minimums set in the 400's just wondering if my psu can handle any of these. If you have any suggestions about any cards, they are welcome.