[SirNight33]

Could someone tell me if i can run a 8500 GT Geforce card with 450 watt PSU?

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You should probably check the manufacturer's website for the video card you want.

[Grumpey]

You should probably check the manufacturer's website for the video card you want.

[SirNight33]

Hmm ok but i dont understand the 450W thing will the video card take 300W from 450W PSU leaving only 100W for the rest of my stuff....?

[Abydos]

Hi SirNight33

Check what your 450W PSU delivers in AMP on the 12V Rail.

Easy way to check:

Remember to touch bare metal before roaming around inside
your case to prevent anti-static electricity!

Remove cover from the case.
Find your PSU

There should be a label, with different Volt values and what they produce in AMP.
Look for the 12V.

Your card, GF 8500GT needs 22AMP (GF 8500 GTS needs 26AMP)

Regards Abydos

[SirNight33]

480W Power Supply
AC Input:
100~120Vac 10A
200~240Vac 5A

DC Output:
Load Min Max
+3.3V 0.3A 28A
+5V 1.0A 36A
+12V 1.0A 16A <- im guessing this is the 12v rail thing?
-5V 0A 0.5A
-12V 0A 0.8A
+5VSB 0A 2A

Edited by SirNight33, 18 June 2008 - 07:01 PM.

[Abydos]

Spot on

[SirNight33]

so.. i need a +12V 1.0A 26A PSU ? btw what does MTBF 100k hours mean?

Edited by SirNight33, 18 June 2008 - 07:38 PM.

[Abydos]

Hi SirNight33

You need a power supply delivering

22 AMP (Amperage) for the GF 8500GT
26 AMP (-----"------) for the GF 8500 GTS

On the 12V Rail.


MTBF


Regards Abydos

[SirNight33]

Ok im extremely confused about core clocks and stuff uhm does GDDR3 need DDR3 RAM or could i use a DDR3 card with DDR2 ram..?
=================================
[[GPU Radeon HD 2600XT GDDR3]]
Core clock 800MHz
Stream Processors 120 Stream Processing Units
Memory Clock 1400MHz
Memory Size 512MB
Memory Interface 128-bit
=================================
[[GPU Radeon HD 2600PRO]]
Core clock 650MHz (Turbo)
Stream Processors 120 Stream Processing Units
Memory
Memory Clock 1050MHz (Turbo)
Memory Size 512MB
Memory Interface 128-bit
Memory Type GDDR2
==================================
[[GPU GeForce 8500 GT]]
Core clock 450MHz
Stream Processors 16
Memory
Memory Clock 800MHz
Memory Size 1GB
Memory Interface 128-bit
Memory Type GDDR2
==================================

Edited by SirNight33, 18 June 2008 - 08:02 PM.

[Abydos]

Uhmm, I don't exactly know that.

For that you have to wait for some others to chime in.

Regards Abydos

[SirNight33]

Ok so i need a new PSU?