It's a Gateway Gt5628 I was wondering if this would be able to run a ATI Radeon 5770? Specs: 3 gigs of DDR2 Ram Currently using the Geforce 8500GT had switched it out with a older Radeon but it fried so put the OEM in one. Quad Q6600 quad core processor. If there's anything else you need let me know.
8500GT is pretty low-end. I wouldn't expect to get a whole lot of performance out of it.
imneedy
You mean out of the new video card? Oooh I got confused. Scratch what I said. It really depends on your PSU wattage, whether ur PSU has a PCI-E connector, and whether ur motherboard a PCI-E x16 slot which might be what ur 8500GT is using.
8500GT is pretty low-end. I wouldn't expect to get a whole lot of performance out of it.
Mystic-G
You mean out of the new video card? Oooh I got confused. Scratch what I said. It really depends on your PSU wattage, whether ur PSU has a PCI-E connector, and whether ur motherboard a PCI-E x16 slot which might be what ur 8500GT is using. Yeah it's using PCI-E not sure about the x16 slot but I'm pretty sure that's what it is.
[QUOTE="imneedy"][QUOTE="Mystic-G"][QUOTE="imneedy"] You mean out of the new video card? Oooh I got confused. Scratch what I said. It really depends on your PSU wattage, whether ur PSU has a PCI-E connector, and whether ur motherboard a PCI-E x16 slot which might be what ur 8500GT is using. Yeah it's using PCI-E not sure about the x16 slot but I'm pretty sure that's what it is. How many watts is ur PSU?
you are probably right on the bubble of 350wt-400wts of usage. You could try it, but you do risk burning your PSU out and maybe running into a problem with the GPU. Here is a mATX PSU for that Gateway http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817338038&cm_re=mATX_PSU-_-17-338-038-_-Product. I can not see it using an ATX, but if it did, you have to watch the length. I had a Compaq given to me for free once. I disembled it and stuck it in an aftermarket case with an aftermarket CPU and more RAM. Then I was able to run my ATI X800xl OC off of it. Man that was a while ago. lol
you are probably right on the bubble of 350wt-400wts of usage. You could try it, but you do risk burning your PSU out and maybe running into a problem with the GPU. Here is a mATX PSU for that Gateway http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817338038&cm_re=mATX_PSU-_-17-338-038-_-Product. I can not see it using an ATX, but if it did, you have to watch the length. I had a Compaq given to me for free once. I disembled it and stuck it in an aftermarket case with an aftermarket CPU and more RAM. Then I was able to run my ATI X800xl OC off of it. Man that was a while ago. lol9mmSpliff
Are you certain that the PSU is of mATX form factor? After eyeballing some pics of the internals, I was under the impression that the PSU was standard ATX.
I've got absolutely no idea what your talking about.
[QUOTE="9mmSpliff"]you are probably right on the bubble of 350wt-400wts of usage. You could try it, but you do risk burning your PSU out and maybe running into a problem with the GPU. Here is a mATX PSU for that Gateway . I can not see it using an ATX, but if it did, you have to watch the length. I had a Compaq given to me for free once. I disembled it and stuck it in an aftermarket case with an aftermarket CPU and more RAM. Then I was able to run my ATI X800xl OC off of it. Man that was a while ago. lolMaoTheChimp
Are you certain that the PSU is of mATX form factor? After eyeballing some pics of the internals, I was under the impression that the PSU was standard ATX.
[QUOTE="9mmSpliff"]you are probably right on the bubble of 350wt-400wts of usage. You could try it, but you do risk burning your PSU out and maybe running into a problem with the GPU. Here is a mATX PSU for that Gateway http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817338038&cm_re=mATX_PSU-_-17-338-038-_-Product. I can not see it using an ATX, but if it did, you have to watch the length. I had a Compaq given to me for free once. I disembled it and stuck it in an aftermarket case with an aftermarket CPU and more RAM. Then I was able to run my ATI X800xl OC off of it. Man that was a while ago. lolMaoTheChimp
Are you certain that the PSU is of mATX form factor? After eyeballing some pics of the internals, I was under the impression that the PSU was standard ATX.
it is under the mATX section and says in the title that it is a mATX SLI ready Xfire ready PSU
[QUOTE="9mmSpliff"]you are probably right on the bubble of 350wt-400wts of usage. You could try it, but you do risk burning your PSU out and maybe running into a problem with the GPU. Here is a mATX PSU for that Gateway . I can not see it using an ATX, but if it did, you have to watch the length. I had a Compaq given to me for free once. I disembled it and stuck it in an aftermarket case with an aftermarket CPU and more RAM. Then I was able to run my ATI X800xl OC off of it. Man that was a while ago. lol9mmSpliff
Are you certain that the PSU is of mATX form factor? After eyeballing some pics of the internals, I was under the impression that the PSU was standard ATX.
it is under the mATX section and says in the title that it is a mATX SLI ready Xfire ready PSU
Oops, typing fail. I was wondering whether or not the OP's Gateway requires a mATX PSU, NOT whether or not the PSU you linked is mATX.
400watts is good enough, it will work because the 5770 doesn't require much, its quite efficient. Yea it will be on the edge but i dont think it will blow. It never hurts to upgrade though. Local PC shops sometimes have 500Watt PSU's for like 30$. My experience.
I've been running my 5770 on a 400W PSU for some time now. Granted, the 400W is pushing it, running on a card that requires 500W, and the whole thing is not very efficient. But it is defiantly possible.
I've been running my 5770 on a 400W PSU for some time now. Granted, the 400W is pushing it, running on a card that requires 500W, and the whole thing is not very efficient. But it is defiantly possible. So it's working fine on your 400 watt PSU or should I just upgrade the PSU as well?
That will definitely bottleneck your PC. If your budget if less than $100.. Go for the 4850 1gb.. It may not support directx 11, but it's quite fast. For around $140, you can get the 5750 or 5770, which is great since it already support directx 11..
[QUOTE="hitman6actual"][QUOTE="imneedy"]So will it work?imneedy
I've been running my 5770 on a 400W PSU for some time now. Granted, the 400W is pushing it, running on a card that requires 500W, and the whole thing is not very efficient. But it is defiantly possible. So it's working fine on your 400 watt PSU or should I just upgrade the PSU as well?If money is tight then don't upgrade your PSU, I mean, you should be alright. But if you have the extra cash then I would just to be safe.
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