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RaZeaL [PCD]
10 Sep : 08:41
Morning peeps... 
Morgue[FLB]
10 Sep : 08:05
Hey Dade! 
RaZeaL [PCD]
09 Sep : 16:29
Sad indeed... I don't have allot of time on my hands and been out of the PC scene... I'm trying to make a comeback. Lets see if we can turn this around!
Enigma_2k4
09 Sep : 16:00
Yeah, the site has gone quiet. No new threads, and the news posts I (and others) have been posting aren;t bing updated as news so why would anyone return?
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09 Sep : 12:47
Hahahaha... Hey Christo 
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 New graphics card! Need some help though |
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  Joined: Sat Aug 16 2008, 03:21PM Posts: 68 | Hey guys the time has come for a new graphics card! i have a GTS250 512mb card at the moment but this card is giving me problems so i wanna upgrade to a ATI5770 1gb which i can get for R1700 but now i dont know if my PSU will be able to run the card on max power i have a 500w superchannel powersupply my system is 2.4core 2 quad 2gig ram 1x160g HDD Creative SB Live! Player 1024 Sound Card PCI and then of course the ATI5770 1gig Are there any other cards u recommed? i have about R2250 but i might need a PSU aswell so keep that in mind. Gamer metalhead WoW player CSS player Guildwars player Dota player COD4-5 player crysis player and of course far cry 2 player ^^...Anime watcher!!! mAnGa Reader!    | ||
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| Dade_182 |
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  Joined: Tue May 15 2007, 11:36AM Posts: 4392 | What is the ratings of your +12V rails on your PSU? And how many rails do you have? My first guess is that it won't pull it but will have to check once you provide me with the info requested. I'm not suffering from insanity, I'M ENJOYING IT!!! If brute force doesn't work, you aren't using enough of it    | ||
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| Synthetic_Darkness |
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  Joined: Sat Jun 03 2006, 10:14PM Posts: 616 | What is the problem with your current gts 250? Life's a grave, DIG IT Taking SPAM SERIOUSLY Friend of SPAMDAMONIUM.    Codefridge - Where cool code comes to chill ~Intel E6600~XFX 7600GT XXX~DDR2 800 mhz~ASUS P5N32-E SLI~500GB Seagate~ | ||
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| Oliver |
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Joined: Sat Aug 16 2008, 03:21PM Posts: 68 | Hey dade im not to sure man? how do i check ?? and synthetic i just need more power !! xD Gamer metalhead WoW player CSS player Guildwars player Dota player COD4-5 player crysis player and of course far cry 2 player ^^...Anime watcher!!! mAnGa Reader! | ||
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| Dade_182 |
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Joined: Tue May 15 2007, 11:36AM Posts: 4392 | On your PSU you will find info like the picture below. In my example the PSU has 2 +12V rails each with 18 amps. Total combined amps is however not 36 amps. There is a different way to work that out but that's not relevant right now. I'm not suffering from insanity, I'M ENJOYING IT!!! If brute force doesn't work, you aren't using enough of it | ||
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Joined: Tue May 15 2007, 11:36AM Posts: 4392 | Sigh, pic didn't attach for some odd reason I'm not suffering from insanity, I'M ENJOYING IT!!! If brute force doesn't work, you aren't using enough of it | ||
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| Dade_182 |
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Joined: Tue May 15 2007, 11:36AM Posts: 4392 | I've done a bit of research and found some power consumption charts. You can look at them here and here. Even though these are from the same site and still differ, it should give you an indication as to what kind of power they draw. I'm not suffering from insanity, I'M ENJOYING IT!!! If brute force doesn't work, you aren't using enough of it | ||
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| AiKePaH[ZM] |
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  Joined: Mon May 29 2006, 11:33AM Posts: 935 | Unless you have tons of components like hard drives and optical drives and multiple video cards and you're overclocking, the 500W should be plenty. When I've done power consumption tests my computer always uses like under 250-300W with a full load. So as long as you've just got the 1 video card you should be fine with the 500W, if not PSUs are fairly cheap. If there is one thing I hate more than emos... It's Chuck Norris | ||
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Joined: Sat Aug 16 2008, 03:21PM Posts: 68 | thank you very much  Gamer metalhead WoW player CSS player Guildwars player Dota player COD4-5 player crysis player and of course far cry 2 player ^^...Anime watcher!!! mAnGa Reader! | ||
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