Be careful, I just went through the same process only to find out that the
card I bought (NVIVIA 5600 Ultra, 128MB) requires at least a 300 watt power
supply! My PC is a Dell and uses a custom ATX Power Supply connector so I
needed a new PS and adaptor to connect the PS to the MOBO.

Jim

"AcidX" <acidecks********.com> wrote in message
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Depends on how much money I get in the next month or so.
But I'm not expecting to be spending much more than £125 (about $250,
prolly a bit less)

Ideally it'd be around £60 so I can still buy my new speakers too =P
But I don't mind going over.

Oh yeah that's a good point.
My Power supply is 300W. ;)
I was looking at a 5600 card earlier. But they said that you shouldn't
bother with them unless it's the 'ultra' version (like yours)

Oh yeah that's a good point.
My Power supply is 300W. ;)
I was looking at a 5600 card earlier. But they said that you shouldn't
bother with them unless it's the 'ultra' version (like yours)

Oh yeah that's a good point.
My Power supply is 300W. ;)
I was looking at a 5600 card earlier. But they said that you shouldn't
bother with them unless it's the 'ultra' version (like yours)

The 6600 recommends a 350w. Don't know what the 5900 requires, but it runs
off my brothers' 250w fine.

"AcidX" <acidecks********.com> wrote in message
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> Oh yeah that's a good point.
> My Power supply is 300W. ;)
> I was looking at a 5600 card earlier. But they said that you shouldn't
> bother with them unless it's the 'ultra' version (like yours)

The 6600 recommends a 350w. Don't know what the 5900 requires, but it runs
off my brothers' 250w fine.

"AcidX" <acidecks********.com> wrote in message
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> Oh yeah that's a good point.
> My Power supply is 300W. ;)
> I was looking at a 5600 card earlier. But they said that you shouldn't
> bother with them unless it's the 'ultra' version (like yours)

The 6600 recommends a 350w. Don't know what the 5900 requires, but it runs
off my brothers' 250w fine.

"AcidX" <acidecks********.com> wrote in message
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> Oh yeah that's a good point.
> My Power supply is 300W. ;)
> I was looking at a 5600 card earlier. But they said that you shouldn't
> bother with them unless it's the 'ultra' version (like yours)

AcidX wrote:
>
> Oh yeah that's a good point.
> My Power supply is 300W. ;)
> I was looking at a 5600 card earlier. But they said that you shouldn't
> bother with them unless it's the 'ultra' version (like yours)

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AcidX wrote:
>
> Oh yeah that's a good point.
> My Power supply is 300W. ;)
> I was looking at a 5600 card earlier. But they said that you shouldn't
> bother with them unless it's the 'ultra' version (like yours)

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AcidX wrote:
>
> Oh yeah that's a good point.
> My Power supply is 300W. ;)
> I was looking at a 5600 card earlier. But they said that you shouldn't
> bother with them unless it's the 'ultra' version (like yours)

Please include adequate context. Even on the foully broken Google
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On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:02:42 -0500, "Smith"
<rangerxlt92@cox.net> wrote:

>The 6600 recommends a 350w. Don't know what the 5900 requires, but it runs
>off my brothers' 250w fine.
>


5900 is a very power hungry card for it's era. It's not
supposed to be ran from a 250W PSU at all, not even a good
one though for your brother's to work it must be better than
the avg. 250W PSU, perhaps OEM?

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:02:42 -0500, "Smith"
<rangerxlt92@cox.net> wrote:

>The 6600 recommends a 350w. Don't know what the 5900 requires, but it runs
>off my brothers' 250w fine.
>


5900 is a very power hungry card for it's era. It's not
supposed to be ran from a 250W PSU at all, not even a good
one though for your brother's to work it must be better than
the avg. 250W PSU, perhaps OEM?

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:02:42 -0500, "Smith"
<rangerxlt92@cox.net> wrote:

>The 6600 recommends a 350w. Don't know what the 5900 requires, but it runs
>off my brothers' 250w fine.
>


5900 is a very power hungry card for it's era. It's not
supposed to be ran from a 250W PSU at all, not even a good
one though for your brother's to work it must be better than
the avg. 250W PSU, perhaps OEM?

On 9 Feb 2006 10:53:56 -0800, "AcidX" <acidecks********.com>
wrote:

>Oh yeah that's a good point.
>My Power supply is 300W. ;)
>I was looking at a 5600 card earlier. But they said that you shouldn't
>bother with them unless it's the 'ultra' version (like yours)


5600, and 5600 Ultra, are not good choices today. They were
fairly hot running for their time and today's technology is
faster at about same price, even lower heat levels for the
same performance or more.

If you had a friend looking to sell one to you cheap, maybe
that'd be a good deal depending on your needs but generally
speaking you should aim for the 6xxx series if not 7xxx
series in nVidia cards for an upgrade today. That is,
except for the cheapest of the cheap cards like an FX5200,
but even now the 6200 cards are pretty inexpensive.

On 9 Feb 2006 10:53:56 -0800, "AcidX" <acidecks********.com>
wrote:

>Oh yeah that's a good point.
>My Power supply is 300W. ;)
>I was looking at a 5600 card earlier. But they said that you shouldn't
>bother with them unless it's the 'ultra' version (like yours)


5600, and 5600 Ultra, are not good choices today. They were
fairly hot running for their time and today's technology is
faster at about same price, even lower heat levels for the
same performance or more.

If you had a friend looking to sell one to you cheap, maybe
that'd be a good deal depending on your needs but generally
speaking you should aim for the 6xxx series if not 7xxx
series in nVidia cards for an upgrade today. That is,
except for the cheapest of the cheap cards like an FX5200,
but even now the 6200 cards are pretty inexpensive.