Need a little help

[xxbadboys93]

Okay guys my parents gpu went in my old gateway. The gpu was ati radeon 9700 pro.
Its an agp card so i need a compatible agp graphic card. The problem relies in my psu. I need to find a compatible gpu card that can work with my psu. My psu is
newton power ltd nps-250hb a. The thing is i dont know how many watts my psu is and whats compatible. So can you guys please give me a list of compatiable gpu's on newegg that can work with my psu.

Other thoughts: I prefer buying parts off of newegg.

Thank you

Mike

 

[cmichael138]

This should work, and sparkle is a reputable PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817103915

 

[cmichael138]

This should work, and sparkle is a reputable PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817103915

 

[cmichael138]

Sorry....misread your post. Will look for a GPU.

 

[xxbadboys93]

Okay i appreciate your help and please look for a compatable gpu.

Thank you

 

[xxbadboys93]

Okay i appreciate your help and please look for a compatable gpu.

Thank you

 

[cmichael138]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102814

SHOULD WORK

 

[xxbadboys93]

Cmichael138, thank you but my old gpu had a four pin connecter and this new one has a six pin connecter. How would i hook it up and how do you know it should work.

Thanks

 

[xxbadboys93]

?

 

[cmichael138]

Good point; I missed that. You definitely want to stay with the Radeon rather than try to switch to Nvidia. How does this one look:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121260

 

[jennyh]

You can get a 6-4pin connector, and people don't normally answer within 10 mins so don't '?' when you don't get an immediate response...

 

[xxbadboys93]

Sorry

Are you sure that is compatable with my 250 w power supply.

 

[xxbadboys93]

Okay i see that its 4 pin connecter but my 4 pin looks different.
http://techreport.com/r.x/radeon-9700pro/r9700pro2.jpg
IF you look to the top right , it has that type of connecter.

I really do appreciate your help.

 

[jennyh]

Ah I see.

It's still a molex I believe. Your best bet is probably to do a search on it, even if they are not on general sale you'll be able to pick up a 4-pin to that on ebay I'd assume.

 

[xxbadboys93]

okay thankyou anyway. IF anyone else could help i really appreciate it.

 

[jennyh]

Have you tried your floppy drive power cable btw? They look awfully similar.

 

[xxbadboys93]

What do you mean, I can use any 4 pin molex thats left over and not in use. Iam gonna look at my system now to see if I have it

 

[jennyh]

http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles%2Farchive%2Fc0210%2F08c10%2F08c10.asp

It is a floppy connector you need. Cool article btw, $399 for a 9700pro lol.

 

[jennyh]

What do you mean, I can use any 4 pin molex thats left over and not in use. Iam gonna look at my system now to see if I have it

Take out the power connector to your floppy drive and plug it into the graphics card. If you don't have a floppy drive, you should still have a connector around. It should be a small white 4-pin female connector.

 

[xxbadboys93]

Okay i just checked i have a 4 pin EXTRA molex cable. So i dont have to take out my floppy . Thanks Jenny you've been helpful and i just hope everything works.
The only things thats gonna be hard is that i didnt uninstall my gpu drivers before i took out the broken gpu that i cant plug in anymore because it dont work. So i got to figure a way to uninstall those drivers b4 i put in the new gpu. Can i put it in safe mode with the new gpu, then uninstall the old drivers ?

 

[jennyh]

You can yes. If it doesn't like it then just boot it normally and install the ati drivers - that's assuming you were using an nvidia before, otherwise just boot it up normally.

 

[xxbadboys93]

Yes thanks but i dont have an nvidia card.

 

[jennyh]

Did it work? If you were using onboard graphics before just boot windows normally.

 

[xxbadboys93]

No i dont have onboard graphics and i still didnt order the new gpu yet so i wont know.