power requirements for 8800GT

kysg · Dec 31, 2008

my buddy has an 8800GT, said it keeps artifacting,

He's past the 30days from newegg so I know he has to send back to Palit, but I need to be sure, what are the amp requirements for 8800GT.

I need to be sure I mostly recommended the build for him, but I might have made a mistake on the PSU,

He has this psu

http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=197

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817379006

They both show up as 20A amps on the +12v, I just want to make sure he's getting enough amps to that card.

Lumpy · Jan 1, 2009

Thats plenty of power,IMO.I have a 8800gtx & 9800gt running on 700w thermaltake.
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Have fun.

From_Nowhere · Jan 1, 2009

That PSU should be good enough. He might have gotten a bad card, or overclocked it too much (if he did).

JrRacinFan · Jan 1, 2009

No mistake on the PSU. It's a TOPower built, a solid OEM. Sounds like an RMA on the card is due. Sorry.

kysg · Jan 1, 2009

JrRacinFan said:
No mistake on the PSU. It's a TOPower built, a solid OEM. Sounds like an RMA on the card is due. Sorry.

Nah thats okay I told him to RMA that card, I figured since it was artifacting, he said he never Oc'd it,

He's using the 790I from EVGA,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188025

I told him also to upgrade the driver just in case, hasn't gotten back to me yet on that. I dunno I just wanted make sure I covered everything since I recommended the build for him, he's had issues with since he got it,

The board died in a few days, RMA'd that back., He had to RMA back the DDR3 which were OCZ plats 4gb which those got stolen, and he couldn't get his money back, So he had to move down to 2gbs.

It was allright build though, X58 boards weren't out at that time.

System Name	Workhorse lappy
Processor	AMD A6 3420
Memory	8GB DDR3 1066
Video Card(s)	ATI radeon 6520G
Storage	OCZ Vertex4 128GB SSD SATAIII
Display(s)	15inch LCD
Software	Windows 7 64bit

System Name	Lumpys rig
Processor	e8400 @ 3.8mhz
Motherboard	evga 680i a2 b-33
Cooling	zalman 9700
Memory	4 gigs corsair 1066
Video Card(s)	evga 470gtx s/clocked and 9800gt physX
Storage	velosiraptor 250 gig +500 gig WD
Display(s)	50" samsung 3d plasma tv
Case	antec 900
Audio Device(s)	PCI Express X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro Series
Power Supply	thermaltake 700w
Software	Win 7 64 bit

System Name	Dual Build Streamer
Processor	Ryzen 7900x3d : Ryzen 4600G
Motherboard	AsRock B650E Steel Legend : Giga B450i Aorus
Cooling	Custom Water 1x420 : Stock
Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas : 16GB Dominator Platinums
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7900 XTX Liquid Devil: iGPU
Storage	20+ TB
Display(s)	Sammy 49" 5k Ultrawide
Case	Custom White Painted Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2
Audio Device(s)	Onboard : Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Hyperx Origins 65
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Workhorse lappy
Processor	AMD A6 3420
Memory	8GB DDR3 1066
Video Card(s)	ATI radeon 6520G
Storage	OCZ Vertex4 128GB SSD SATAIII
Display(s)	15inch LCD
Software	Windows 7 64bit

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