psu good enough?

[ROEHUNTER]

I was thinking of buying a 9800 pro , but I am worried my psu will not supply enough power for it and cause problems. I have a HP pavillion with a 280 watt psu(not for sure what brand, probably a cheaper one).

I don't have enough money to buy the 9800 and a psu.
My other choice was to do the trade-up on the ati site for the 9600xt as it does not have a seperate power connecter and would not overload my psu. Would also be a cheaper solution which is good right now.

Is there anybody here that has done the trade-up program and did it go well?

 

[ROEHUNTER]

bump

 

[Mik3y]

well, it should be fine, but can you check out what brand it is and the specs are?

 

[nRollo]

I'm running a 6800NU on the cheapie 300W in my 4 year olds computer now, seems to work fine. I'd guess they take more juice than 9800s.

I am upgrading his psu to an Antec 380 True Power though, just to be sure.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: Rollo
I'm running a 6800NU on the cheapie 300W in my 4 year olds computer now, seems to work fine. I'd guess they take more juice than 9800s.

I am upgrading his psu to an Antec 380 True Power though, just to be sure.

BTW- the 380 True Power should be arriving Monday. If you want the 300W cheapie, you can have it for the shipping cost. Merry Christmas.

PM me if you want it.

 

[Jeffyboy]

If it is a cheaper supply... putting it under heavy load may cause it to provide unstable power. If you are uncertain.. maybe get something like a zalman 300W or 350W power supply. They are getting pretty cheap. I always replace the power supply in cheap cases I get... usually the really cheap cases that come with a PSU ... the PSU is like $10 or so... just absolute cr&p. Anyways... The zalman power supplies are also "noiseless" they say so it'll quieten your system down too.
Jeff

 

[Cawchy87]

9800pro will do fine. I had mine on a 250 watt from dell.

 

[Killrose]

280watt should be fine. I've run my 6800 Ultra at 350/1100 off a 235watt supply for several benches just to test it, it all depends on the quality of the supply really and I think HP uses good supplies. 9800pro is not so demanding. You don't mention the rest of your specs, like CPU speed.

And good luck finding a high power supply in one of those micro ATX SFC (?) sizes anyway's. And make sure that HP has an AGP slot too.

 

[ROEHUNTER]

Well I am not going to have enough cash to buy the 9800 pro . I have narrowed it down to 2 cards from newegg.
The rosewill 9600xt or the sapphire 9800 Atlantis. Will the Antlantis beat the 9600xt as it has 8 pipes instead of 4?

 

[Killrose]

Originally posted by: ROEHUNTER
Well I am not going to have enough cash to buy the 9800 pro . I have narrowed it down to 2 cards from newegg.
The rosewill 9600xt or the sapphire 9800 Atlantis. Will the Antlantis beat the 9600xt as it has 8 pipes instead of 4?

9700pro's are showing up in the FS/Trade forum for $120, you might want to get one of those.