my video card is not getting enough power??

[mursht]

well iam playing bf2 then it goes all choppy so i quit bf2 and this nvidia thing pops up and says video card not recieving enough power. it was working fine last week and now its just starting to say that any help plz the rest of my specs are in my sig and PSU is 450

[BoxiouS]

Re: my video card is not getting enough power??

Have you messed with anything inside your case in the last week. I don't know if all 6600 cards have them, but if you knock out the extra power to the card, the pc will boot and 'remind' you about it.

[NoSoup4You]

Re: my video card is not getting enough power??

The PSU might be starting to go.

[mursht]

Re: my video card is not getting enough power??

well if my psu is starting to die out when do i know for sure its dying??

[DrunkenPirate]

Re: my video card is not getting enough power??

Moved to Hardware forum.

[Eddy01741]

Re: my video card is not getting enough power??

well if my psu is starting to die out when do i know for sure its dying??

The most obvious sign that it is dying is when you smell a unusual burning smell. But that's like a couple of days before it really gives out. And my quetion to you, what brand is the PSU, and how many amps are there on the +12v rail (it should say on the PSU itself).

[mursht]

Re: my video card is not getting enough power??

the brand is raid max (came with my case) and there are 22 amps on the +12v

[Eddy01741]

Re: my video card is not getting enough power??

the brand is raid max (came with my case) and there are 22 amps on the +12v

Seems ok, as 22a on a +12v rail and 450 watts is should run fine with your 6600GT. Maybe some other component is hogging most of the power, therefore not giving sufficient power to the vid card.

[mursht]

Re: my video card is not getting enough power??

ok so i changed the 4 pin connector and now it works but bf2 is still choppy like crazy my vid card settings are like this

core 500
memory 1.07

and those setting were working fine before.

[Eddy01741]

Re: my video card is not getting enough power??

ok so i changed the 4 pin connector and now it works but bf2 is still choppy like crazy my vid card settings are like this

core 500
memory 1.07

and those setting were working fine before.

What settings are you running on in BF2.

[mursht]

Re: my video card is not getting enough power??

high with 4 things on med but that always worked up until now mabey my card is on compatibility mode cuz thats what it said when the card was low on power that it turned it self down any ideas on how to undo this?

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: my video card is not getting enough power??

Different psu maybe?

[Eddy01741]

Re: my video card is not getting enough power??

Different psu maybe?

yeah, do you have any older PSUs ( you only need a 300w psu for the 6600GT) which you could use to find out if it is the psu that's causing the probs. Also, try putting all settings to medium and see what happens.

[-[MDS]-Stormy]

Re: my video card is not getting enough power??

Have you got anything installed (Speedfan, MBM, Asusprobe, etc.) that can monitor the voltages. If so, post back what the 3.3, 5 and 12V readings are.

[mursht]

Re: my video card is not getting enough power??

ok well i dont really have another PSU to try but i put my settings on medium and i got 20 fps which is terrible cuz when i had it on high it was like 50-60 fps avg