Will My Psu Run A 7800gs ?

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  1. Ohms Law JR.

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    most likely not, but rosewills are kinda ----ty, no matter how beautiful it is..
     
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    No, it will not. Unless my eyes mistaken me (which they might), your power supply does not have a 6-pin power cord to go into the graphics card. If it does have the 6-pin cord and I'm just not seeing it, you might be in luck.
     
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    I'm with John on that one..

    eh, Rosewill aint so hot, may end up having to sell ur current cpu for, ye know, a good one....
     
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    define run?

    it will liekly be able to start the system up but you'll likely be experincing crashes in game

    any why spend so much $$ on that card when AGP is doomer you can buy an OK board and a 7900GS for about the same price

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    a fair number of cards come with a molext to PCI-e connector, my 7800GT did atleast. still doesn't change the fact that that PSU is effectively shrotening yours systems lifespan. the voltages on that are, accoridng to newegg reviews not entirely tight. That means at certain time you'll be getting enough voltage to potentially resultnin eloctromigration while at others you risk getting so little that the card isn't stable. same goes for the other components.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813138273
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814186003

    the 7900GS also OCs better, runs cooler and uses less energy than the 7800GS. Smaller manufacturing process. 7900GS is about equal in performance to a 7800GT though i've heard it includes a few minor optimizations here and there(like faster RAM and core speeds and small architetural tweeks).

    or go for an open box x1800XT
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...82E16814102008R
     
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    That still doesn't include a new CPU and Ram for him, xelink. If you still want to hold out longer, there is a 7600GS, I know it's not that good you'll still be able to play all games, not on super high however.

    I'm my opinion you should get yourself a better stuff, E6300 Allendale, nice 965 motherboard, 2gb ram. I know there are some boards that still support ddr1 for c2ds, but you really should buy new ddr2 if you want to overclock at all.

    The PSU you have has +12V1@16A,+12V2@18A, 34A max, should be enough I think....
     
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    actually it wouldn't need to seeing as how it's the same motherboard socket.

    also his current card is mroe powerfull than the 7600GS.

    and devastation it doesn't matter what the rated specs are what matters are the actual outputs. i can make a PSU and rate it for 3000W output given that I test it during a lightning storm...
     
  8. Ohms Law JR.

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    no im not going to build a new system till windows XP is no longer supported

    john u do know that it has a 4pin not a 6pin :P

    all i need to know is my psu enough to run and play the 7800GS
     
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    the answer is no. and giving you a link to a baord and card for the same cost is a bit diferent than building a whole new system...

    note the facts:

    AGP is effectively dead on all but very lowend upgrades
    you have a s754 AGP board
    i linked to an s754 board which based ona review would be good for clocking your CPU to 3+GHz if needed.
    it costs about the same to get a more powerful PCI-e card and a board as compared to buying an overpriced 7800GS which currently is in a monopoly position
    90nm cards run cooler and better than 130nm ones


    and CK for someone who noted their name as such you are surprisingly ignorant and are a horid fanboy... weren't you going on about ATi was >>>>>>>> then nvidia like a week ago?

    also PCI-e spec is for a 6 pin connector i have no idea what a 4 pin connector woudl eb for, perhaps a semi-old CPU.
     
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    http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.as...Card+%2D+Retail
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.as...Card+%2D+Retail

    :P

    and u all have YET to tell me WHY it would not run my computer is fast as it is ya im sure u might think im dumb but i dont want to build a new computer just simpley buy me a new video card :P


    and i dont understand why would it not run i have 2 12v rails
    +3.3V@28A, +5V@30A, +12V1@16A,+12V2@18A,[email protected], [email protected], +5VSB@2A

    here
    +12V1@16A
    +12V2@18A

    total a's is 34A
     
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    Yep, it's 4-pin.

    But what do I know? my crappy x550 doesn't have a power connector. -_-
     
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    PCI-e cards have PCI-e 6 pin connectors, AGP use standard molex.

    FYI molex!= to 4pin

    http://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/pro...-143-046-06.JPG
    MOLEX

    typically when you use pins you use it in context of a connector like this
    http://www.cosh.ag/pics/thumbs/co5v0ss.jpg

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    no it's not, lok at the combined wattage for the 12V rails then divide by 12(wait they don't list the combined wattage for the 12V rails.. i wonder why). EG I have two 20A 12V rails but combined wattage is 360W or 30A, not 40A(which would be 480W continuous on a PSU rated for 400)


    and again Rosewell overrates their PSUs, you might be able to sustain their speced levels for a fraction of a second but after that it goes down to a more normal level and the result is something known as a voltage fluction which does one fo two things: fries ----, or reboot.
     
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    alright lets say i but a 6800GS i know that would run
     
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    but a 6800GS is less pwoerful than an x800GTO...



    out fo curiosuity, hwo well have ylu tested the x800GTO and have you consideredf RMAing it? DX10 cards are right around the corner so yuou'll be smackling yourself in 30 days when you see the price cuts...
     

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