Video Card + Power Supply Question
Tuesday, February 15, 2005 by LittleBearJason | Discussion: PC Hardware
I just bought an EVGA e-Geforce FX 5200 128MB Light Edition and it said requires min of 300 watts for the power supply. However my research on the web showed that a majority of the FX5200 cards sold today only requires a 250 watt power supply. My supply is 250 watts.
I played NHL 2005 on full detail (minus the antiailsing I dont use that anyways I mean if it plays without it , it plays without it right ? ) And ... I encountered no Lockups.
Inside my tower .. I have one AGP Slot and 3 PCI Slots. One slot is being taken up .. the AGP slot .. of course by the video card. And one slot is being taken up by my Dialup Modem
I dont plan to use the 2 slots as I have plenty of USB ports and firewire ports built into the computer, plus I only need 2.1 sound so I use the built in sound and dont plan to upgrade to a PCI sound card.
Do you think EVGA is stating the minimum "Reccomended" Power supply as opposed to the "absolute" minimum power supply required?
Im lost here.
I havent encountered any problems so far , what is everyones take on this.
I played NHL 2005 on full detail (minus the antiailsing I dont use that anyways I mean if it plays without it , it plays without it right ? ) And ... I encountered no Lockups.
Inside my tower .. I have one AGP Slot and 3 PCI Slots. One slot is being taken up .. the AGP slot .. of course by the video card. And one slot is being taken up by my Dialup Modem
I dont plan to use the 2 slots as I have plenty of USB ports and firewire ports built into the computer, plus I only need 2.1 sound so I use the built in sound and dont plan to upgrade to a PCI sound card.
Do you think EVGA is stating the minimum "Reccomended" Power supply as opposed to the "absolute" minimum power supply required?
Im lost here.
I havent encountered any problems so far , what is everyones take on this.
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LittleBearJason
Reply #22 Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:08 AM
Reply #22 Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:08 AM
Update : Things are running fine here.
But using 66.93 drivers are a pain in the ass. I get flickering triangle artifacts on screen in certain games. I went to the driver archive of nvidia and dl 61.76 , works like a charm.
But using 66.93 drivers are a pain in the ass. I get flickering triangle artifacts on screen in certain games. I went to the driver archive of nvidia and dl 61.76 , works like a charm.
BluDrgnBoi
Reply #23 Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:45 PM
Reply #23 Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:45 PM
i had a 5200 before i had to get a new computer that didnt have a agp port and the reason for the higher power for it is because of the dual video processors where most video cards only have one..also, debating wether or not to buy a fx5200 pci and wondered if anyone knew if they worked as well as agp cards do..thanks
In2it
Reply #24 Friday, February 18, 2005 8:22 AM
Reply #24 Friday, February 18, 2005 8:22 AM
Cheaper power supplier crank out much lower wattage (than rated) when the heat within their circuits builds up.
A cheap 350w PS becomes a 250w PS 30 minutes after powering up. Hence the recomendation for a 300w Min.
Your PS (if from Compaq) should operate as rated.
The 5200 is better than the 4600 from a power consumption angle (it consumes less power) and that it supports more DirectX 9 features.
The latest nVidia drivers (66.93) require that you update your DirectX 9 installation (to 9c) to work well.
The AGP bus bandwitch is double that of PCI, plus with Sidebanding switched on, it's quadruple.
One question: Are there new computers with no AGP slots nowadays?
A cheap 350w PS becomes a 250w PS 30 minutes after powering up. Hence the recomendation for a 300w Min.
Your PS (if from Compaq) should operate as rated.
The 5200 is better than the 4600 from a power consumption angle (it consumes less power) and that it supports more DirectX 9 features.
The latest nVidia drivers (66.93) require that you update your DirectX 9 installation (to 9c) to work well.
The AGP bus bandwitch is double that of PCI, plus with Sidebanding switched on, it's quadruple.
One question: Are there new computers with no AGP slots nowadays?
Dark-Star
Reply #25 Friday, February 18, 2005 9:05 AM
Reply #25 Friday, February 18, 2005 9:05 AM
Yeah, by brother has a 550 watt PS and he's pushing the limit.. He's running a GeForce 6800 Ultra on his P4-2.8GHz with 8 Hard Drives.. (over 900GB's of space) He's got everything known to man in that system and the thing is more noisy then the servers we got running here at Stardock. It's crazy. He had to make several of his drives (like his DVD-RW and CD-Burner and a HD or two) out and make them external just to spare the watts and the heat buildup in side the case after his system failed to POST a couple times.
LittleBearJason
Reply #26 Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:32 AM
Reply #26 Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:32 AM
Heres the funny thing.
My packaging I got and their packaging is completely different.
But look , this is the same exact card yraq
http://evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=128-A8-N303-L2
and they list 250! and on my box it said 300!
I believe the newer box.
Reason why their packaging is newer then mine was because the green design of the box matched their old site design. Now they revamped their packaging to match the new look of their site.
My packaging I got and their packaging is completely different.
But look , this is the same exact card yraq
http://evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=128-A8-N303-L2
and they list 250! and on my box it said 300!
I believe the newer box.
Reason why their packaging is newer then mine was because the green design of the box matched their old site design. Now they revamped their packaging to match the new look of their site.
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Reply #21 Thursday, February 17, 2005 12:50 AM