Marc W. 0 Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 ... would you say that if the power supply of the pc is strong enough to run a 7800 GTX that it can safely handle a 8800 GT? (I know that the 8800 GTX is probably too much ... besides, the thing is not much faster and a lot more expensive ... ) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc W. 0 Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 ... any tech freaks here? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinFlyer 8 Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 I'm not really a tech freak , but by just looking at the numbers: the 8800 GT runs around 102 Watt at max, the 7800 GTX between 100-110 Watt at max. So that's about the same. If you could run the 7800 without problems, than the 8800 GT will be no problem. You probably need 400W - 500W power supply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc W. 0 Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 I'm not really a tech freak , but by just looking at the numbers: the 8800 GT runs around 102 Watt at max, the 7800 GTX between 100-110 Watt at max. So that's about the same. If you could run the 7800 without problems, than the 8800 GT will be no problem. You probably need 400W - 500W power supply Thanks a lot, Vin! Yes, of course I've been browsing the web for info - the thing is, that what I get is conflicting data ... some sites claim the 8800 GT goes up to 220 Watt (IF BUSY!!!) ... other's agree with your statement ... hence my confusion ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted February 6, 2008 Aerosoft Share Posted February 6, 2008 Thanks a lot, Vin! Yes, of course I've been browsing the web for info - the thing is, that what I get is conflicting data ... some sites claim the 8800 GT goes up to 220 Watt (IF BUSY!!!) ... other's agree with your statement ... hence my confusion ... Actually I also read that. What's your current PSU and how many drives you got spinning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc W. 0 Posted February 6, 2008 Author Share Posted February 6, 2008 Actually I also read that. What's your current PSU and how many drives you got spinning? Thanks for the reply, Mathijs ... well, that's part of my problem of not knowing - I bought a complete Dell XPS system 2 years ago ... didn't say which PSU was built inside the thing ... opening it didn't help either as the PSU is buried deep inside ... I admit I'm too lazy to screw around (pun intended) ... so I can only guess that they built in a PSU that can handle two DVD drives, two HDs running in a RAID-0 array and a GeForce 7800 GTX ... mmm ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc W. 0 Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 Mmm ... this : http://www.hartware.de/review_761_12.html ... might indicate that I should be fine ... if the PSU can handle the 7800 GTX it should also handle the 8800 GT ... hopefully ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbearsailor 9 Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I've got a Shuttle SN25P, small case and shuttle's own power supply which is around 350 watts. I've had a 7800 GT in it for a long time with no issues, but recently tried an 8800GT and as soon as I used it in a graphics intensive setting, I got an Nvidia warning saying the card was not getting enough power. 430 Watt power supply in the other machine ran it just fine. cheers, steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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