im thinking of upgrading but i dont want to open my computer and check my power supply but i went on new egg and seen my card and its says that you need a 350 watt power for the card( i have a geforce 7300LE, 2 gig ddr2 sdram and intel core 2 duo 1.86ghz e6300). So does this automatically mean i have 350 and over watt power supply because in new egg it said that the geforce 7300LE recomends a 350 watt power supply. And if i do have a 350 watt supply would the new dx10 cards like the geforce 8600 and lower be able to run on a 350 watt power supply. And if i open the computer and check the power supply will it will be more then if i check for the power supply of the geforce 7300LE alone, right. Is the power supply only for the video card or is it the video card, the processor and the ram. please help im very confused. thanks. sorry for so much questions.
this is really good and i have a geforce 7300LE. i went on new egg and searched geforce 7300LE and it said the minum power supply is 350. i have 2 gig ddr2 and intel core 2 duo 1.86ghz. does this mean i have a power supply over 350 watts. because according to new egg 350 watts is needed only for the video card. right. please respond need help. thanks
ok thanks but i have another question: how much power supply does 2 gig ddr2 ram take and an intel core 2 duo e6300. i know this is hard can someone give me an estimate. thanks.
i went to the site site but didnt know how to answer all of them and at the end i got 234 watts. this cant be right because the geforce 7300LE on new egg needs 300 watts alone?
how much power supply does 2 gig ddr2 ram take and an intel core 2 duo e6300. i know this is hard can someone give me an estimate. thanks. i went to the site site but didnt know how to answer all of them and at the end i got 234 watts. this cant be right because the geforce 7300LE on new egg needs 300 watts alone?
i went to the site site but didnt know how to answer all of them and at the end i got 234 watts. this cant be right because the geforce 7300LE on new egg needs 300 watts alone?dragonmaster64
The 7300LE doesn't use 300 Watts alone. The reason it says you need a 300W PSU, is because other pieces of hardware are having to use some of that power as well.
well wat video card is good for a 300 watt power supply. can yu name all of them that are worth the price. and how about the dx10 cards can i run anything lower then a 8600 series on a 300 watts power supply. thanks.
well wat video card is good for a 300 watt power supply. can yu name all of them that are worth the price. and how about the dx10 cards can i run anything lower then a 8600 series on a 300 watts power supply. thanks.dragonmaster64
How do you know that you actually have a 300W PSU? Have you opened up the case and have a look.
The only way we can really help you, is if you actually open the case and look at how powerful the PSU is.
im sorry i cant my parents are really strict and wont let me open it up. but video card is good for a 300 watt power supply. can you name all of them that are worth the price. and how about the dx10 cards can i run anything lower then a 8600 series on a 300 watts power supply. thanks.
im sorry i cant my parents are really strict and wont let me open it up. but video card is good for a 300 watt power supply. can you name all of them that are worth the price. and how about the dx10 cards can i run anything lower then a 8600 series on a 300 watts power supply. thanks. dragonmaster64
Do you know what Make and Model your PC is? Who did you buy it from etc... ?
Let me know, and i can look it up. Hopefully i will be able to find out what power supply you have.
[QUOTE="dragonmaster64"]im sorry i cant my parents are really strict and wont let me open it up. but video card is good for a 300 watt power supply. can you name all of them that are worth the price. and how about the dx10 cards can i run anything lower then a 8600 series on a 300 watts power supply. thanks. dbowman
Do you know what Make and Model your PC is? Who did you buy it from etc... ?
Let me know, and i can look it up. Hopefully i will be able to find out what power supply you have. did you find anything yet?
thanks alot you helped alot but am i able to run any card of the dx10 lower then the 8600 series on 300 watts. and if not what are some cards that run on 300 watt power supply and what would be the best card for me. thanks
thanks alot you helped alot but am i able to run any card of the dx10 lower then the 8600 series on 300 watts. and if not what are some cards that run on 300 watt power supply and what would be the best card for me. thanksdragonmaster64
A 300W PSU isn't very good. So you will have to get an older graphics card. New DX10 graphics cards just won't work with a power supply that low.
You could get a new PSU, or just get a lower-end graphics card.
GeForce 6600GT is a good card. I used to have one, and it worked fine with a 300W PSU.
You could also have a look at the GeForce 6800
There is also the GeForce 7600GS, but even that might struggle on a 300W PSU
Right now Direct X 10 is a figment of our imagination due to the combined idiocy of MS Vista and nVidia. Forget Direct X 10. Everything will run with DX 9. For a DX 10 card you need power like 800 watts to power the entire computer. I am thinking about returning everything to Microsoft for a full refund.
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