Phil Weldon wrote:
'deimos' wrote, in part:
A GTS requires around 26A (amps) on the 12V rail (+12v1, +12v2, etc)
total for the system. This should be marked clearly on a label on the
side of your PSU unit.
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Where did you get the idea that a 8800 GTS required 26 A X 12 V = 312
Watts? A 350 Watt supply is very likely to be all that is needed for
his ENTIRE system.

Phil Weldon

"deimos" deimos@localhost wrote in message
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ted wrote:
Have a ecs geforce 7050m-m v2 motherboard. Trying to install a 8800 &
am unable. What are the steps to follow or you followed? TIA

Where exactly are you getting stuck?

Looking up your board, it appears you have an Micro ATX integrated
board with a single PCI-E 16x slot. So barring any case obstructions,
are you able to fit it in the slot? You have to slide over that white
locking tab first you know. Be sure it's fully seated, you cannot
have it touching hard dries and what not and being shoved up out of
the slot.

Next lock the tab back, screw in the card, and connect one PCI-E 6-pin
power lead from your PSU to the connector on the card. This is
CRITICAL for an 8800 GTS (320/640/512MB). Now power up, install your
drivers and get going!

You can safely use NVidia's latest Geforce driver instead of your
manufacturers'. They are in fact, mostly the same. If you experience
problems with lockups and blue screens, it's likely you have an
inadequate PSU (common with smaller systems like you might have).

A GTS requires around 26A (amps) on the 12V rail (+12v1, +12v2, etc)
total for the system. This should be marked clearly on a label on the
side of your PSU unit.


Because Watts is completely useless as a factor for determining system
load. NVidia's guideline for the 8800 series is 26A on the 12V rail.
This is a combination of all 12v rails combined and is intended to
account for the average system utilization of everything including your
CPU/mobo/RAM, drives, other cards, and fans.

The watts rating on your PSU label is the sum of all voltages and rails.
Since you're not using the +5v or 3.3v (if it exists) for a video
card, the important part is the 12v amps.

350w is likely all you need, but if a PSU is only 70% or lower
efficient, then it cannot deliver that peak voltage for long, and for
the really cheap ones, when they are at 80% load or greater, they burst
into flame.

PSU's LIKE to be at 25-50% load most of the time. In actual testing,
only fairly decent units will output correct and constant voltage at
high load.