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Geek Culture / 8800 video card?

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Kieran
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Posted: 28th Mar 2007 21:35
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does anyone think this computer will handle the 8800 card?

- AMD Athlon 3000+ processor ~2.0GHz
- 80 GB HDD (i only use 10gb)
- pretty crappy motherboard
- currently runs NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT

i would like to know because I want one


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JerBil
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Posted: 28th Mar 2007 21:47 Edited at: 29th Mar 2007 15:45
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Kieran,
The 8800 series has a pretty big fan cover and takes the room of two slots, so if you don't have a free slot next to your video
card slot, it won't fit.

And as Grandma point out it is PCIe Express, and the 8800s require
a 500 watt psu. I think the 8600s will be less power hungry as well.

Next month nVidia will have the 8600 series out that will be cheaper and work for a single slot, so just my 2 cents, but I would wait.

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http://www.techpowerup.com/?27130

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Grandma
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Posted: 28th Mar 2007 21:51
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As you're currently using geforce 7600, i can assume your motheboard supports PCI-Express. Then the only thing you need to worry about is if your PSU is powerfull enough since these new graphic cards require some crazy power.

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Kieran
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Posted: 28th Mar 2007 22:22
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i have 1024mb of ram but one of the ram slots doesn't work with vista

also my PSU i think is 300 watts but im not sure.


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Kieran
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Posted: 28th Mar 2007 22:29
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so DX10 wont run on my 7600GT obviously


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JerBil
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Posted: 29th Mar 2007 00:26
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What ram slot won't work with Vista, or why is that?

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Kieran
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Posted: 29th Mar 2007 07:57
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i have 3 ram slots but it only likes it with one ram chip


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Veron
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I reccomend upgrading your PSU to 500 watts. For the problem RAM slot, just open up your PC, and change the slot that the RAM is in to any other RAM slot.

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Kieran
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Posted: 30th Mar 2007 13:24
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yeah my PSU is 350 watts
as for the RAM problem, thanks for the help but i don't think you quite understood what I mean't.

I have a 512mb ram chip which works in either of the 3 slots. when I ass another 512mb ram chip, my computer doesn't load. I have tried all possible slot combinations


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UnderLord
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Posted: 30th Mar 2007 15:24
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are the ram chips of the same exact make? if you put in 2 diffrent makers of ram ie corsair and kingston then thats the problem you run into or even the same maker of the ram but ram chip 1 operates at 400mhz while ram chip 2 does not. Thats why i buy all my ram in bundles of 2 or so =)

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Grandma
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Yep, you should really stick to one brand and speed of RAM. In some cases it does work, but i wouldn't recommend it.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 30th Mar 2007 19:52
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In some cases you need to adjust the ram timings manually, if you configure your ram timings to the slower stick they both should work. As long as they can both operate at the same bus rate.

To find the ram timings for your sticks, you'll need to visit the manufacturer's website.

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