Re: Low power video card for a 1920x1200 display?
- From: "J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:23:19 -0500
Pat wrote:
> "Bob Knowlden" <nkbob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:z7-dnbSlGLH92eDeRVn-rw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Except maybe on a Dell.
>>
>> I'm not familiar with the 8200, but the older Dimensions used nonstandard
>> power supply wiring. (It wouldn't be impossible to rewire a standard PS,
>> but it would be a significant complication.) A quick look at
>> support.dell.com suggests that the machine may use a standard ATX PS,
>> though. I see that third-party suppliers (PC Power & Cooling) sell
>> supplies that are designed to match the 8200, if need be.
>>
>> However, the original poster may not need a new PS. It appears that Dell
>> sold the machine with a Radeon 9700 Pro as an option. The 9700 Pro used
>> auxiliary power, like the newer cards. ATI recommended a 300W supply for
>> it. Not all power supplies are equal at a given rating, and apparently
>> the 250W Dell PS was up to the task. A little Googling will show that
>> people have successfully run cards with the nVidia 6600GT GPU on 8200
>> machines.
>>
>> The semi-conservative approach would be to try a new card, knowing that
>> the PS can be replaced (for a price) if there's not enough margin to run
>> it reliably.
>>
>>
>> Address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
>>
>> "Shinnokxz" <shinnokxz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:v_aff.13344$GT3.2822@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Have you considered buying a new power supply? It's not like they're
>>> ungodly expensive and a pain to install...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Shinnokxz - http://www.coryhansen.com
>>
>
> Thanks for the replies.
>
> The thought of upgrading the power supply did cross my mind, but was
> hoping
> there would be a card that wouldn't require that. The system is old
> enough that rather than upgrade both the video card and power supply I'd
> probably
> be better off just buying a new system. The monitor I'm considering is a
> Dell 2405fwp, and I've seen promotions where buying this monitor bundle
> with a new computer only added $300 or so to the cost, compared to buying
> it
> stand alone. When I consider the cost of the graphics card and power
> supply, plus what I could probably get for my 8200 on eBay, I'm probably
> close to break even. In fact, assuming I can't find some cheap card off
> eBay that do it, this probably the way to go.
I'm surprised that you're having a problem. What leads you to believe that
your existing board won't support 1920x1200? That's not all that far past
1900x1200 and even the low end board for the 8200 should handle that at 80
Hz.
You might need to download a copy of Powerstrip
<http://www.entechtaiwan.net> to configure the exact resolution
required--note that after you configure you don't have to run Powerstrip
anymore and can remove it from your system if you want to, however it's
exceedingly well behaved so there's no real reason to.
> Thanks again for the input. -Pat
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