Low Power Gaming Solutions?

[MisterCornell]

My Dell (AGP) has a 250W power supply. Replacing it is not really an option at this point. I want to get a good card to play Doom 3, Half Life 2, etc. Most newer video cards today seem to require 250-300W+ video cards. According to anecdotal reports on the internet, even some video cards that are rated OK on 250W systems run into difficulty on such systems.

Anyway, are there any good AGP video cards out right now or coming out soon that will work well on a system with a 250W power supply?

 

[zakee00]

i was in the same situation as you, i decided on the 9600pro. its not all that good, but its as good as you can get as far as lower power consumption/performance.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: MisterCornell
Anyway, are there any good AGP video cards out right now or coming out soon that will work well on a system with a 250W power supply?

HA they are going to use MORE power than these are most likely. saving up is all we can tell you seeing as we have no idea the specs of ur comp and wut kind of money you are willing to spend on a videocard.

 

[happy medium]

Your Dell has an underated 250W power supply it will handle a 6800 or 6800 GT. look below for your system




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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
Message Edited by DELL-ChrisM on 10-29-2004 10:36 AM



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upply is underated it will run a 6800 or 6800GT

 

[MisterCornell]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: MisterCornell
Anyway, are there any good AGP video cards out right now or coming out soon that will work well on a system with a 250W power supply?

HA they are going to use MORE power than these are most likely. saving up is all we can tell you seeing as we have no idea the specs of ur comp and wut kind of money you are willing to spend on a videocard.

Yes, but the high power video cards will only be bought up by a small number of enthusiasts. My computer can't handle the most costly cards today, so I am obviously not looking for tomorrow's $500 video cards which will no doubt consume a lot of power. Most video cards are sold to OEMs like Dell. Dell does not want to buy a bunch of cards that will consume 150W (which is what I'm hearing the next generation of top of the line cards will push) for its main lineup of computers. Most consumers don't want that, they aren't willing to pay for it, and it requires them to spend more money on the power supply.

So Nvidia and ATi take their new technology after they've milked lots of money off it from the high demand enthusiast consumers, and release video cards based on the same technology with fewer transistors, a lower clock speed, cheaper memory, etc. to the OEMs, cards which I expect will have much lower power consumption. That's how it's always worked. Sooner or later their will be an "MX" card by Nvidia based on the GeForce 6800 technology, one made for the OEMs that will be thrifty in power usage.