Can my rig run a 6800?

[Remark900]

Hey ive been reading these forums for a while now and this is my first post. I was wondering if my rig would be able to run a bfg geforce 6800 OC.

Here is my rig
Sony Vaio pcv-rz46g
Window XP Media Center Edition
P4 3.2GHz w/ HT
1GB PC2700 333Mhz DDR Ram
200GB 7200rpm Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive........Actually 2 hard drives, one 160 gb the other is 40 gb
DVD Rw Drive
CD-Rw Drive
295 Watt power supply
nVidia GeForce FX5600
Neovo 17" Monitor

Hopefully this is enough information to base this question on.
I ordered the bfg 6800 OC tthe other day along with a Thermaltake 420w power supply becaue i know i need more than 300W.

Thanks

 

[cubeless]

kind of late to think aboot that, eh?

as long as there's an agp slot and enuf behind the slot room (the bfg is a big card) it ought to b fine...

 

[Remark900]

Well I figured it should be able to run it because it is a pretty new comp I just wanted to make sure

 

[Mellman]

only thing that strikes me would be your PSU. Is that a name brand? or some random crap? The rest of your components are decently power consuming, and adding a power hungry graphics card in the mix on that power supply that is probably already close to its max could be fatal.

 

[imverygifted]

since its sony brand only 295 watt PSU you'll definitely want to upgrade that before your video card, im not sure how your sony will work w/ the thermaltake power supply i've never seen a sony but i know dells use their own special power supply that can be a little bit smaller than the standard size you might want to call sony about upgrading the power supply im not sure

 

[Remark900]

well i read on these fourms that thermaltakes are good brands for psu's and they had thhe on i got on sale at newegg.....heres the link if your interested Thermaltake 420w

 

[Remark900]

Does anyone reading this have a vaio? If so could you tell me if the video card and psu are upgradable?

 

[TheGreenGoblin]

Since your system already has an FX 5600 then it has an agp slot which means you can upgrade the video card.

Is the case a standard sized ATX case? The only problem I could see with upgrading the PSU is if the case itself uses a non standard sized PSU. I've seen this on OEM systems like Dell , Compaq's and HP's.

If this is the case then you'll have to get a new case to accomodate the PSU you bought. It would be cheaper to do this than to go through Sony for a new PSU or to find one elsewhere.