Asus Radeon 9600XT

[weks]

How much more power does the Asus Radeon 9600XT link: http://usa.asus.com/products/vga/r9600xt/overview.HTM#
need in comperasion to the Geforce2MX400?
I have a 180W PSU, and this is my specs:
Intel Celeron 1,2 Ghz
2 * PC 133 128MB ram
Geforce2MX400
Liteon DVD drive
LG CD-RW drive
Generic Floppydrive
MSI MOBO socket 370
D-Link Network card
40 GB Maxtor H-Drive
Now I wounder if I need a new PSU, and I do mean IF.

Thx for your help in advance.

Intel Celeron 1,2 GHz
MSI Motherboard
Maxtor 40GB
128 MB SDRAM PC133 * 2 1 * Kingston 1 * Generic
GF 2 MX400
Win XP
180 W PSU Generic<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by WEKS on 03/09/04 12:26 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[agcheavin]

By looking at your system I can see that you certainly don't want to spend any money if you don't have to, my best advice is this, get the card...it "should" run OK on your system as you don't seem to be draining all that much power as it is. In the event that it does overload your PSU (crashing, won't start that sort of thing) then simply unplug any drives you don't need. If this fixes the problem, then you know a PSU update is required. At the end of the day, I don't think the power requirments of a 9600XT is going to be all that much greater ( due to it's GPU having a new process that is supposed to reduce it's power requirements) but the only way your going to find out is by trying it. If it runs, well, all well and good and just enjoy.

Gary

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[weks]

Many thanx agcheavin, your post boosted me with confidance!
But in the event that I does not work can you recomend your own PSU? Because I will upgrade (sometime 6-10 months) to a system similar to yours (similar expect I will keep the 9600 XT).

Intel Celeron 1,2 GHz
MSI Motherboard
Maxtor 40GB
128 MB SDRAM PC133 * 2 1 * Kingston 1 * Generic
GF 2 MX400
Win XP
180 W PSU Generic

 

[tombance]

You'll see a massive performance boost in games, even with that relatively slow processor. To get a boost you might want to consider getting another 256mb of RAM because that would speed everything up, expecially if your are running XP.

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[Vapor]

<A HREF="http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=17-104-966&depa=1" target="_new">I'd recommend the Fortron 350W for your current system and to be carried over into your upgrade</A>

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[HardWareBoss]

Agree good choice for the money.

 

[weks]

Does anybody know if I will be able to play (at low quality settings) X2-The Treath if I buy a Asus 9600 XT and 256 Mb more ram (suming up a total of 128 + 256 MB)?

Intel Celeron 1,2 GHz
MSI Motherboard
Maxtor 40GB
128 MB SDRAM PC133 * 2 1 * Kingston 1 * Generic
GF 2 MX400
Win XP
180 W PSU Generic

 

[HardWareBoss]

You would be better off with a toal of 512 MB. Try what you have. See if it works.

 

[weks]

Um... Well whit my current setup you can hardly call it "working" but I have changed my mind (yet again) to buy some delicius new hardware it will look something like this:
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2700+
MOBO: Something whith nForce2 400 Ultra
Memmory: 512MB DDR 400 PC3200
PSU: Forton 350W

After that I will wait for the new line of GC from ATI and then buy a 9800 PRO... Sounds like a plan, right?

Intel Celeron 1,2 GHz
MSI Motherboard
Maxtor 40GB
128 MB SDRAM PC133 * 2 1 * Kingston 1 * Generic
GF 2 MX400
Win XP
180 W PSU Generic

 

[agcheavin]

Now thats the way to go.....

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<font color=red>AMD 2700 XP<font color=red>
<font color=red>Gecube 9800 pro Extreme<font color=red>
<font color=blue>ASUS A7N8X deluxe<font color=blue>
<font color=blue>1024 meg Dual Channel DDR 3200<font color=blue>
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[blackphoenix77]

Sounds good. Might want to get a new faster hard drive? That always helps me with loading games.

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[weks]

Well a new HD would be nice but that I will get later.

Intel Celeron 1,2 GHz
MSI Motherboard
Maxtor 40GB
128 MB SDRAM PC133 * 2 1 * Kingston 1 * Generic
GF 2 MX400
Win XP
180 W PSU Generic

 

[TheRod]

I'm not sure you will really enjoy the Radeon 9600XT performance on your system.

My personal experience :

I had a Geforce 256 with P3/700MHz... Then I bought a Radeon 8500 (128Megs), I got a big boost in synthetic benchmarks (like 3dMark) but I wasn't satisfied with actual gaming performance.

Then I change my CPU/MB to Athlon 1800+ and I started to enjoy my Radeon 8500 performance.

I think that if you buy the Radeon 9600XT you will see a boost in performance but your CPU will not keep up with the Video Card.

I really think you need a NEW CPU/MB/Memory, Celeron are the WORST performer on the market for gaming. Then offer enough power to Internet/Office Apps. but they sucks in games.

I strongly recommend you to upgrade your CPU/Ram with you GPU if you want to enjoy the full power of your video card.

It's not true that today's games only need a good GPU. Today's games need enough CPU power too!

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