I currently have
Will something like
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageGall ... deo%20Card
THAT ^^^^^
Fit in the same slot?
Edit: Also will it potentially fry my motherboard?
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| Author: | SABRESAllTheWay [ Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Graphics Upgrade Question |
I currently have Will something like http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageGall ... deo%20Card THAT ^^^^^ Fit in the same slot? Edit: Also will it potentially fry my motherboard? |
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| Author: | NYIntensity [ Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Graphics Upgrade Question |
Anything can potentially fry your motherboard. Will it fit? Not sure how much room you have in your case or how your mobo is set up. If it's a tight squeeze, spit on it  The new card has dedicated power, the old one does not. If it's a OEM part (aka you bought a Dell and that's the video card that came with it), you might be under-powered. - make sure that 1) your power supply has the available connections, and 2) your system will still have excess power after plugging it in. |
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| Author: | SABRESAllTheWay [ Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Graphics Upgrade Question |
NYIntensity wrote: Anything can potentially fry your motherboard. Will it fit? Not sure how much room you have in your case or how your mobo is set up. If it's a tight squeeze, spit on it The new card has dedicated power, the old one does not. If it's a OEM part (aka you bought a Dell and that's the video card that came with it), you might be under-powered. - make sure that 1) your power supply has the available connections, and 2) your system will still have excess power after plugging it in. OK lets say i've got a 400 in there, and the new GPU needs 600 minimum, am I looking at needing a 800 or more like 1000 PSU? |
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| Author: | Crosscheck [ Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Graphics Upgrade Question |
850W and up for sure....it depends on a lot of other things, but the most important one would be how many hard drives you're spinning. My old rig had a 1200W PSU that on paper should have powered my dual SLI cards, the motherboard and 4 HDD's, but it would always fight until I ditched 2 of the drives. Wattage and amperage should be on any tech spec sheet for all your components. Get the numbers, do the arithmetic, add 20% overhead
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| Author: | AudSabres [ Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Graphics Upgrade Question |
NYIntensity wrote: If it's a tight squeeze, spit on it Sooooo lifting this quote as a new sig! 
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