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01-28-09, 08:02 AM #3
Re: Vid Cards
For the money it really cant be beat, but check with your manufacture see if they will offer a replacement and if they do not have a lifetime warranty make sure you get one with your next card. There are a couple companies offering lifetimes and you should spend a few extra dollars if necessary to make sure you get one.
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01-28-09, 10:09 AM #6
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I heard the ATI cards from the guys at XFX are top notch. Right up there with visiontek.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150337
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01-29-09, 02:53 PM #9
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ok - I was looking at this card http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16814150337
under specifications it says minimum 450W PSU
My psu is a 430W Antec SU-430 heres a pic. I found on the web of the label http://www.thequietrevolution.ca/qui...0/IMG_6354.JPG
Currently I have my friends evga 8800 GTS in my computer and everything is running fine.
Can I use the card with my psu?
Edit---- Other comp components
1 80GB sata HD
Intel E6600
Asus P5K-E Wifi-AP Edition Motherboard
Nothing is overclocked
3 Gigs of ram (2 512 sticks and 2 1Gig sticks)
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01-29-09, 06:35 PM #10Re: Vid Cards
I only buy eVGA products when it comes to video. They have the best damm RMA program on the planet (besides Apple).
Code:My psu is a 430W Antec SU-430 heres a pic. I found on the web of the label http://www.thequietrevolution.ca/qui...0/IMG_6354.JPG Currently I have my friends evga 8800 GTS in my computer and everything is running fine. Can I use the card with my psu?
The Power Supply (PSU)
Three little words, but loaded with such destructive potential. Faulty power supplies are by far and away the most common source of computer mortality. In our reader survey, power issues accounted for over 30% of all dead-PC tales, and after working in a computer store for a few years I'm surprised it wasn't actually higher. We saw system after system come into the store for service with the immortal words "it just won't turn on" or "smoke came out of the back... Will it be ok?"
Here's a typical tale of bright lights, big balls of smoke;
"...The customer came in saying that the PC wouldn't start at all. Of course I suspected the PSU, but had to test it anyway. Plugged in the unit and pushed the power button and was illuminated by a flash of light. The PSU had indeed failed, and now had also blown a MOSFET on the system board and scorched the 512mb stick of PC3200 RAM..."
That the power supply is the most dangerous of PC components should come as no surprise. After all, its responsibility is to filter the massive wall voltage into the bite-sized 12V, 5V and 3.3V DC allocations that modern PCs need.
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