Ive had it......This is the last draw

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: JPB
BTW...apoppin....Do you think my psu will handle the GTS ok ?

My rig is in my sig. Accept ive added two case fans....92's

what are it's specs?

and you are getting the GTs ... not x? what is the '640 version' from Evga ... o/c'd?

i believe its power requirements are modest ... GTS owners can tell you for sure.

 

[Mem]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: JPB
BTW...apoppin....Do you think my psu will handle the GTS ok ?

My rig is in my sig. Accept ive added two case fans....92's

what are it's specs?

and you are getting the GTs ... not x? what is the '640 version' from Evga ... o/c'd?

i believe its power requirements are modest ... GTS owners can tell you for sure.

BFG list this for GTS OC,

A 425W PCI Express-compliant system power supply with a combined 12V current rating of 28A or more*
>> One 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector

The standard BFG 8800 GTS is listed as 26A.

 

[JPB]

This here is my power supply......Its the 450 version http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/p..._management/ocz_modstream_power_supply

 

[JPB]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: JPB
BTW...apoppin....Do you think my psu will handle the GTS ok ?

My rig is in my sig. Accept ive added two case fans....92's

what are it's specs?

and you are getting the GTs ... not x? what is the '640 version' from Evga ... o/c'd?

i believe its power requirements are modest ... GTS owners can tell you for sure.

The GTS version with the standard core of 500.

 

[apoppin]

26A on the 12v rail ... 450w

A 425W PCI Express-compliant system power supply with a combined 12V current rating of 28A or more*
>> One 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector

looks like ... almost

what's 2 amps?

and of course Mem posted the OC version ... are you gonna OC?

seriously, perhaps you can find out for sure from other GTS owners

also you might check nvidia's site to see if yours is on an *approved* PS list

 

[DeathReborn]

Originally posted by: BFG10K

Surprisingly few problems here on G80 + Vista.

Do you actually play games on Vista?

Despite your prophecies of doom, the drivers have een getting better.

As are ATi's, the difference is monthly WHQL drivers from ATi for all major Windows versions while it's been almost two months since we saw an XP driver from nVidia.

There is also no indication from nVidia when we can expect a new one and no feedback form for XP, unlike ATi that have had a Catalyst feedback form since 2002.

The G80 is a sweet piece of hardware but nVidia's driver support has been shocking, especially for XP.

I do play games on Vista including Oblivion, CSS, Civ4, Warhammer MoC, FM07 & Kyodai Mahjongg. When the 1.05 patch for ARMA comes out I will be playing that on Vista aswell.

For the record I play them on Vista Ultimate 32bit using FW 100.65. WHQL means nothing to me, just that they run & don't cause me too much hassle (which 100.59/64/65 haven't).

I do also have Catalyst 7.2 running X1900XT in Vista64 but I don't game on that machine anymore, just test software & teach my little brother about it while i'm at it.



JPB, it will run on your PSU, just don't try overclocking too far or volt modding.

 

[JPB]

Originally posted by: DeathReborn

Originally posted by: BFG10K

Surprisingly few problems here on G80 + Vista.

Do you actually play games on Vista?

Despite your prophecies of doom, the drivers have een getting better.

As are ATi's, the difference is monthly WHQL drivers from ATi for all major Windows versions while it's been almost two months since we saw an XP driver from nVidia.

There is also no indication from nVidia when we can expect a new one and no feedback form for XP, unlike ATi that have had a Catalyst feedback form since 2002.

The G80 is a sweet piece of hardware but nVidia's driver support has been shocking, especially for XP.

I do play games on Vista including Oblivion, CSS, Civ4, Warhammer MoC, FM07 & Kyodai Mahjongg. When the 1.05 patch for ARMA comes out I will be playing that on Vista aswell.

For the record I play them on Vista Ultimate 32bit using FW 100.65. WHQL means nothing to me, just that they run & don't cause me too much hassle (which 100.59/64/65 haven't).

I do also have Catalyst 7.2 running X1900XT in Vista64 but I don't game on that machine anymore, just test software & teach my little brother about it while i'm at it.



JPB, it will run on your PSU, just don't try overclocking too far or volt modding.

Thanks for the info Reborn and apoppin. Yea, im not an overclocker at all. And dont know how to over volt so thats out also. I like running my hardware stock. I ordered the 640 version with the clock of 500. Ill post my reviews once its here. Overnight shipping.

thanks again guys for the info