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I'm a moderate gamer, who has been playing a lot of Battlefield 2
lately. My current PC is an HP Pavillion with a measly 1.6 Ghz P4. I had a GeForce 2 400MX card, upgraded to a FX 5200, and recently bought a very cheap used ATI 9600 Pro (which is an improvement over the 5200, but I still have to run BF2 on low everything). One of the restrictions on this system is the 250W power supply. Many of the faster budget cards want 300 or more watts to run. I'd like to keep the old comp intact for my kids. I am looking at a new comp, and found a refurbed PC with great specs (athlon 3500, 1GB RAM etc) and a PCIe slot free. I have been looking at budget choices, from the 7300 GS to the 6600 and 6800 series. But many of the manufacturers (been looking at XFX) recommend a 350 or more PS. The new comp I am looking at has 300 watt. It feels like I am back in the same place. Some manufacturers don't have any listing for power requirements, but I don't want to make assumptions. Am I doomed to pay more and buy a barebones kit, so that I can get a decent PS? Do I try to upgrade a proprietary case and do I trust the low end 400 watts power supplies that are on special? Any suggestions or comments welcome James |
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In article .com,
says... I'm a moderate gamer, who has been playing a lot of Battlefield 2 lately. My current PC is an HP Pavillion with a measly 1.6 Ghz P4. I had a GeForce 2 400MX card, upgraded to a FX 5200, and recently bought a very cheap used ATI 9600 Pro (which is an improvement over the 5200, but I still have to run BF2 on low everything). One of the restrictions on this system is the 250W power supply. Many of the faster budget cards want 300 or more watts to run. I'd like to keep the old comp intact for my kids. I am looking at a new comp, and found a refurbed PC with great specs (athlon 3500, 1GB RAM etc) and a PCIe slot free. I have been looking at budget choices, from the 7300 GS to the 6600 and 6800 series. But many of the manufacturers (been looking at XFX) recommend a 350 or more PS. The new comp I am looking at has 300 watt. It feels like I am back in the same place. Some manufacturers don't have any listing for power requirements, but I don't want to make assumptions. Am I doomed to pay more and buy a barebones kit, so that I can get a decent PS? Do I try to upgrade a proprietary case and do I trust the low end 400 watts power supplies that are on special? Any suggestions or comments welcome 2GB RAM for Battlefield 2. PSU ratings are a bit of a funny one. Shuttle cases use 250/300W PSUs yet they'll quite happily run the same kit that'd need a 450W+ standard ATX PSU. You'll be OK with a low end 420W PSU. I've got a £29 500W in mine and I've had no grief with it. -- Conor, Same ****, different day. |
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Have a look at this thread further down in this Forum (Feb 13, 2006):
"6600 GT Power supply requirements - update" John W wrote in message oups.com... I'm a moderate gamer, who has been playing a lot of Battlefield 2 lately. My current PC is an HP Pavillion with a measly 1.6 Ghz P4. I had a GeForce 2 400MX card, upgraded to a FX 5200, and recently bought a very cheap used ATI 9600 Pro (which is an improvement over the 5200, but I still have to run BF2 on low everything). One of the restrictions on this system is the 250W power supply. Many of the faster budget cards want 300 or more watts to run. I'd like to keep the old comp intact for my kids. I am looking at a new comp, and found a refurbed PC with great specs (athlon 3500, 1GB RAM etc) and a PCIe slot free. I have been looking at budget choices, from the 7300 GS to the 6600 and 6800 series. But many of the manufacturers (been looking at XFX) recommend a 350 or more PS. The new comp I am looking at has 300 watt. It feels like I am back in the same place. Some manufacturers don't have any listing for power requirements, but I don't want to make assumptions. Am I doomed to pay more and buy a barebones kit, so that I can get a decent PS? Do I try to upgrade a proprietary case and do I trust the low end 400 watts power supplies that are on special? Any suggestions or comments welcome James |
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Thanks. It is worth a try.
James |
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take a look at this site............remember that most of the time you get
what you pay for http://www.hardforum.com/showthread....a62& t=792566 peter wrote in message oups.com... I'm a moderate gamer, who has been playing a lot of Battlefield 2 lately. My current PC is an HP Pavillion with a measly 1.6 Ghz P4. I had a GeForce 2 400MX card, upgraded to a FX 5200, and recently bought a very cheap used ATI 9600 Pro (which is an improvement over the 5200, but I still have to run BF2 on low everything). One of the restrictions on this system is the 250W power supply. Many of the faster budget cards want 300 or more watts to run. I'd like to keep the old comp intact for my kids. I am looking at a new comp, and found a refurbed PC with great specs (athlon 3500, 1GB RAM etc) and a PCIe slot free. I have been looking at budget choices, from the 7300 GS to the 6600 and 6800 series. But many of the manufacturers (been looking at XFX) recommend a 350 or more PS. The new comp I am looking at has 300 watt. It feels like I am back in the same place. Some manufacturers don't have any listing for power requirements, but I don't want to make assumptions. Am I doomed to pay more and buy a barebones kit, so that I can get a decent PS? Do I try to upgrade a proprietary case and do I trust the low end 400 watts power supplies that are on special? Any suggestions or comments welcome James |
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