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Evga 6600gt AGP: How strong a power supply should I have?

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MJGunn

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Well, not me, its for my uncle's computer. I helped my Aunt buy him a 6600gt for Christmas, and he put it in tonight. It didn't hit me till afterwards that his computer (a dell dimensions 8200, p4 1.8ghz) probably doesn't have the strongest power supply. Looked around, and indeed, its only a 250w. Besides the video card, its hooked up to 1 cd drive, a hard drive, and of course, the motherboard. Should this be ok, or will he run into problems? If so, what kinds of problems should he be looking out for?
 
It should be OK since it's a 6600 not a 6800, and a decent 250watt PSU without much of an existing load.

Signs of problems would be artifacting, random colored pixels. Either that or a deadly fireball that consumes the entire house 😉
 
indeed, you may not have enough juice there if things get intense...in the event that that juice runs out(=P) its hard to say what will lose power first. if its NOT the video card thats not getting enough power, the computer will probably just reboot. if it IS the video card, the image on the screen may freeze or go black. hope this helps!
 
Originally posted by: MJGunn
Well, not me, its for my uncle's computer. I helped my Aunt buy him a 6600gt for Christmas, and he put it in tonight. It didn't hit me till afterwards that his computer (a dell dimensions 8200, p4 1.8ghz) probably doesn't have the strongest power supply. Looked around, and indeed, its only a 250w. Besides the video card, its hooked up to 1 cd drive, a hard drive, and of course, the motherboard. Should this be ok, or will he run into problems? If so, what kinds of problems should he be looking out for?
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This should answer your question . Dell's 250 watt supply will run a 6800GT



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Dimension R, T, B (AGP video cards) =
GeForce FX 5900
GeForce FX 5700
GeForce FX 5200
GeForce 4 Ti 4200 (dx8)
Radeon 9600 SE
Radeon 9200 Pro (dx8)

Dimension V, L, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2350, 2400, 3000 (PCI video cards) =
These systems were never tested by Dell with added video cards. You must choose a PCI video card and disable the onboard video card in either the bios or the device manager

Dell doesn't recommend adding video cards to the following small form factor systems =
Dimension 4300S, 4500S, 4600C, 4700C
Optiplex 260, 270, 280

Dimension 4100, 4200, 4300, 4400 (AGP video cards) =
Radeon 9700
Radeon 9600
GeForce 4 Ti 4200 (dx8)
GeForce FX 5750
GeForce FX 5700

Dimension 4500, 4550, 4600, 8100, 8200, 8250 (AGP video cards) =
PNY Verto GeForce FX 6800 GT
Leadtek GeForce FX 6800 GT
GeForce FX 6800
Radeon X800 SE
Radeon 9800 XT
GeForce FX 5950
Radeon 9800 Pro
GeForce FX 5900
Radeon 9700
Radeon 9600 XT
Radeon 9600 Pro
GeForce FX 5750
GeForce FX 5700
Radeon 9600 SE Dimension 8300, XPS Gen 1, Gen 2 (AGP video cards) =
GeForce FX 6800 Ultra Extreme Edition (you must upgrade the power supply from the 250w)
GeForce FX 6800 Ultra (you must upgrade the power supply from the 250w)
Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition (Excalibur X800XT PE)
GeForce FX 6800 GT (you might need to move the hard disk drive cage due to the card length)
Radeon X800 XT
Radeon X800 Pro
GeForce FX 6800

Dimension 4700 305w power supply (PCIe video cards) =
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800
Radeon X800 SE

Dimension 8400 350w power supply, XPS Gen 3 460w power supply (PCIe video cards) =
GeForce FX 6800 Ultra Extreme Edition
GeForce 6800 Ultra
Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition
GeForce 6800 GT
Radeon X800 XT
Radeon X800 Pro
GeForce 6800
Radeon X800 SE
Error while adding PCIe video card, "Alert! additional card cage fan needed for PCI Express card over 75 watts". You need to call Spare Parts (800-372-3355) and purchase this part number:
H3840 Auxilary Blower Fan for PCIe video cards
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The above info clearly shows that the forum members here have a lot of "overkill" sitution
e.g
OMG, are you gonna run your rig (3000+ w/ 6600GT) with that sucky 350w? you need to get a quality 480w PSU.
 
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