Need some Graphic Card Advice

**Mcstrange** · 02-03-10, 10:50 AM

with a 9800 and not a ton of drives and other crap you can probably slide by with a 350 or so. But depending on quality I would shoot for around 450-500 to make sure you have enough juice.

A bigger issue would be checking to see if the PS has enough plugs to actually plug into the 9800

Though I would tell you to skip a few more lunches and get a 500 watt PS and a Nvidia 250 or ATI 4850. There is much more future proofing of the newer cards over the 9800 and would be easier to migrate into a newer machine if you can do more upgrading down the road.

**SapiensErus** · 02-03-10, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by Mcstrange

with a 9800 and not a ton of drives and other crap you can probably slide by with a 350 or so. But depending on quality I would shoot for around 450-500 to make sure you have enough juice.

A bigger issue would be checking to see if the PS has enough plugs to actually plug into the 9800

I was running a single 8800 GTS on a (quality) 550 with 4 drives and full RAM, it would poop out on occasion. You can find a cheaper PS to suit your needs on newegg probably. Just make sure it has a PCI-E power plug.

**idunn** · 02-03-10, 11:05 AM

I have a spare 8800gt chilling in the box in my closet. It works fine, used for maybe 6 months, I ended up getting a gtx260. and honestly I havn't been able to tell a huge difference between the cards, maybe 10fps in css. If anyone wants it, just make me a reasonable offer and its yours.

**SapiensErus** · 02-03-10, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by idunn

I have a spare 8800gt chilling in the box in my closet. It works fine, used for maybe 6 months, I ended up getting a gtx260. and honestly I havn't been able to tell a huge difference between the cards, maybe 10fps in css. If anyone wants it, just make me a reasonable offer and its yours.

bobbarkerissatan is in desparate need of this GPU. I think... I will let him know.

**SapiensErus** · 02-03-10, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by SoySoldier

Originally Posted by idunn

I have a spare 8800gt chilling in the box in my closet. It works fine, used for maybe 6 months, I ended up getting a gtx260. and honestly I havn't been able to tell a huge difference between the cards, maybe 10fps in css. If anyone wants it, just make me a reasonable offer and its yours.

bobbarkerissatan is in desparate need of this GPU. I think... I will let him know.

I think Loki and Bob should do battle for the right to purchase this card!

**loki2158** · 02-03-10, 01:27 PM

I appreciate all the help guys but my situation just bottomed out cash wise. My gf just recently got laid off and I just put my left arm in a sling. So money has now been put into "spend if needed only" mode. If bob can use the card and wants it, all the power to him. Thanks again everyone.