Geforce 2 GTS Question

[cornelio]

Hello,

I have a Visiontek Geforce 2 GTS and I know that these cards consume a lot of power. The problem is that since I installed this card, I've been getting continuous reboots and just minutes ago it got to the point that the computer would't boot. So I decided to unplug the fan of the video card and since I have a blower fan right next to the video card I figured out that the video card fan was unnecesary. The computer worked fine since I unplugged the fan. I want to know if I should upgrade my existing power supply, since I am planning to add future upgrades. My setup is:

Amd Athlon 850 slot A stunderbird with MS-6167 motherboard
Promise ultra tx2 controller with IBM 7200 RPM UDMA100 HDD
The Visiontek video card
Sigma designs holywood+ decoder
SB Live mp3+ 5.1 sound card
Samsung DVD ROM
Creative 8432 CD-RW
USR gaming modem
Two blower fans


Any help appreciated.

 

[HalfHuman]

The geforce 2 cards require less power than the original geforce thankfully. It would appear that your power supply needs upgrading. I think the average now is about 300-400 watts. Enermax is a good brand I hear, they should all be athlon approved.