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gramph

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In my quiet old pc graphics card died.
specs were :
pentium 4 2.93 ghz
1gbram
nvidia 6200
300 watt psu

For replacement i was looking for a nvidia 9400gt/9500gt. Is this ok or are these cards too good for the cpu? And can the psu handle them?

btw, I am very satisfied with 12 years old pci ati mach 64 with 2mb ram. I put this in for now and its not all so laggy that i expected to be.:laugh:
 
i would think so....
 
For replacement i was looking for a nvidia 9400gt/9500gt. Is this ok or are these cards too good for the cpu? And can the psu handle them?
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I assume that the CPU is not over-volted/overclocked, that there are no high wattage case fans, that there is one or two hard drives, if so then 300Watt PSU should be able to handle it all just fine. However, according to some sources both 9400GT and 9500GT require a minimum of 18 amps on the 12V rail to function properly. At least that is what I picked up from various official PR snippets around the web.
 
It should be fine with a 9500 even one of those green 9600's that don't need an external connector might work.
 
thx for help. I think i will buy a 9500. And yes cpu is at stock speed/voltage, other things are 2hdd, 1dvd-rw, card reader, cpu and case fan.

Is club3d a good brand? They have a cheap 9500gt here.
 
gramph said:
thx for help. I think i will buy a 9500. And yes cpu is at stock speed/voltage, other things are 2hdd, 1dvd-rw, card reader, cpu and case fan.

Is club3d a good brand? They have a cheap 9500gt here.
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Never heard of club3d but u won't be doing any ocing anyways so it's fine. And what prcie is the 9500gt. Something like $100 will be an EXTREME RIP!!
 
Might I suggest looking into an HD4670. Truly a much better performing card with the same power consumption.
 
What do you do or want to do with your system?
 
I haven't heard anything bad about gainward so if it is cheap enough go for it
 
Any good deals available for you on the 9600 GSO cards WITH 96 Stream Processors? Then you could help with Folding. :D
 
maybe i could but i dont want to spend too much on this comp. I will save cash for beter comp overall.

a 4650 price is maybe ok. Is this card also better?
 
Yes it would be.
 
first of all do you have a pci-express 2.0 slot? You cannot get the gpus if u dont have at least a pci-express 1.0 slot. sounds like u only have a pci slot or agp.
 
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The most friendly card for your setup , looks the HD3850 .
Do some research about it .
 
PCI-E 2.0 and 1.1 and 1.0 are all compatible with each other.
 
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