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Originally Posted by Coldstone
I suggested this card, because it normally would cost nearly twice as much and not only 40 dollars more, this is an 8800GTS.
The 7000 series was quite ok, but nowadays costs way too much for its power compared to the 8000 series. a 7950 is more expensive than an 8800GT, not to mention the even faster GTS, which beat it easily. And with a powersupply with 450-500 watts you easily can use one 8800gts card with a dual core cpu, especially Intel.
If your PSU doesnt support the connectors, there are adaptors usually delivered with the card or cheap to get.
I for myself had a 7900GS running with an adaptor on a quality 300 watts PSU together with quite some hardware and dual core cpu and a 8800GTS doesnt need over 100 watts more than this card.
The totally useless hype in getting 700-1000 watts for even a single video solution just because people dont know the real usage of the systems is kinda annoying.
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I hear you there, I Dont even have a 700 watt psu, im just saying, if he grabs a card that his pc cant handle hes going to wind up paying more for another power supply.
Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P2-N756-TR GeForce 8600 GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
Here ya go. Cheap, Reliable, 512mb, its DDR2 but if you plan on playing
wow, your set. 350 minimum psu req. Your NOT going to be able to handle much better for games with that processor, even if you upgrade your gfx, the minimum speed for Dual Core these days for vista and gaming is 2.2+GHZ, this will keep you going though, especially for
wow.
In fact, this card is ridiculously cheap for an 8600gt now that i look at it, i plan on buying this for my girlfriends computer for x-mas which im building. i guess im now thanking YOU!