Re: video card with 185 watt ps.

Bob,
I have an IBM Netvista 2292-35U. Original description: Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz (256KB), 128MB, 40GB 7200RPM IDE HDD, PCI Microtower (4x5), nVidia Vanta 32MB 4X AGP, 16x10x40x CD-RW, 56K modem, Intel 10/100 Ethernet, Windows XP Home. I have added a 120GB HD and will replace the CD-RW with a CD-RW/DVD. I also added 512MB. So it looks like it will support an AGP 4x/8x. I have heard the AGP's run hotter than a PCI card. I don't do a lot of gameing, but I would like the better 3D graphics. 8^)

Bob Knowlden wrote: 
The cards that consume a lot of power have auxiliary power connectors.

The Radeon 9250 does not; it gets all of its power through the AGP slot.

I believe that the best Radeon card with no auxiliary power connector is the 9600. (It's a DX9 card. Aside from that, its general performance is significantly better than that of a 9250, if that matters to you.) If you buy it from a good online vendor (www.newegg.com), it's not much more expensive than the 9250, which I think is basically a relabeled Radeon 8XXX series product.

On the nVidia side, the Geforce 6200 also gets its power through the AGP slot. I expect that is the best available card at the moment that needs no auxiliary power. I'd recommend against the TC (Turbo Cache) models, but I believe that TC does not exist in AGP versions.

There are other considerations: does your mainboard have an AGP 3.0 slot? (That would support AGP 4X/8X.) I don't recall the details, but there are several types of AGP slot, and you want to make sure that whatever card you get is physically compatible.

Just curious: what sort of PC is it?

Regards,

Bob Knowlden

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"Only fools are positive." (Groucho Marx)

"Karl P Anderson" <jkanderson2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:kXjwe.293$Si3.228@xxxxxxxxxxx

What graphics card can I get that will support Directx 8.0 and works on a pc with a 185 watt power supply. All the ones I can find that reference a power supply say 250 watt. The salesman at Best Buy said the ATI 9250 will work with a 185 watt power supply? That box didn't identify a power supply and I can't find any reference on line. 



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