6800GT or X800XT?

[Captante]

Originally posted by: shelltop
hi GOREGRINDER this is a what i found(word for word):

DELL

INPUT 100 - 120V ~ 16.0A
200 - 240V ~ 13.0A

OUTPUT +5V--------/28.0A -12---------/0.3A
330W MAX +12V------/18.0A +3.3V-----/18.0A

+5VSB----/1.2A

thanks

The +12v line is most important in your case & 18A is borderline.. it might work & might not, I'd suggest getting a stronger PSU but be careful because I know Dell used to use a non-standard ATX pin arrangement for their PSU's... not sure if they still do, but if so a standard ATX supply will cook your MB... Antec & PC Power & cooling both make Dell editions of their units.

 

[Captante]

Get the service tag off your PC & check Dells support site... hopefully you'll be able to tell.

 

[Nextman916]

videoclone i would be sincerely worried if were you....

 

[aatf510]

Originally posted by: shelltop
hey guys, i was a bit concerned that my 330watt power supply wouldnt be enought juice for the X800XT (ive heard i need at least 350watts) so ive decided to wait for the 6800GS AGP...does anyone know when its coming out?

thanks for your input

You should be ok. I had run a 6800GT AGP with a 330w (12A on +12v) before, and it worked great. The x800xt should even use a little less power than the 6800GT.

Originally posted by: videoclone

My X800GTO does HDR but i get a huge performance hit from it! 🙂 Looks pretty though.

Believe it or not, my 7800GT get a huge performance hit with HDR also.