Hello again,
Recently had a discussion over my card in the GFX thread between 8800 GT 256 vs. 512MB. After doing my own research combined with the help on the forums, my speculations were right and I went with the 512MB card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125088
Now my question is, since the card comes OC'd at 700mhz, will my power supply be able to handle it, from preliminary research it should handle it without a problem but I want to make sure, given that my computer wont recieve another upgrade for quite sometime. I tried looking online to find my power supply and heres the only search I could find:
http://www.pricebat.com/apex-al-b500e-atx12v-500w-aluminum-power-supply-115.p_3033139/
and this is my case but in white just in case anyone wanted to know about it
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144153
AMD 64 Athlon 3800+ 2.4GhZ
Current: 8500 GT .... Tomorrow: 8800 GT OC'd 700mhz
2GB RAM
500 Watt Power Supply
Windows XP 32-bit SP3
Now, I've never had heating problems in the past, and my computer technically can handle SLI although I've never done it. I just want to confirm that using my 500 Watts my computer will be able to run this card without blowing up on me. Thank you.
Recently had a discussion over my card in the GFX thread between 8800 GT 256 vs. 512MB. After doing my own research combined with the help on the forums, my speculations were right and I went with the 512MB card.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125088
Now my question is, since the card comes OC'd at 700mhz, will my power supply be able to handle it, from preliminary research it should handle it without a problem but I want to make sure, given that my computer wont recieve another upgrade for quite sometime. I tried looking online to find my power supply and heres the only search I could find:
http://www.pricebat.com/apex-al-b500e-atx12v-500w-aluminum-power-supply-115.p_3033139/
and this is my case but in white just in case anyone wanted to know about it
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144153
AMD 64 Athlon 3800+ 2.4GhZ
Current: 8500 GT .... Tomorrow: 8800 GT OC'd 700mhz
2GB RAM
500 Watt Power Supply
Windows XP 32-bit SP3
Now, I've never had heating problems in the past, and my computer technically can handle SLI although I've never done it. I just want to confirm that using my 500 Watts my computer will be able to run this card without blowing up on me. Thank you.