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1st Jan 2008, 20:02
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Hello all i have a 300W stock power supply. I cant really afford buying a new big power supply. Plus my pc needs a weird ATX/BTX power supply. i have a gateway gt5252. i was just wondering if there are any decent vid cards for basic gaming that work with a 300 watt power supply. preferably PCI Express x16. im just tired of this crappy integrated vid card that is stealin some of my ram. thanks alot!
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1st Jan 2008, 23:43
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You'd probably get away with a 8600GT. But it's difficult to be sure because it's dependent on the rest of your build as, obviously, every other component will also be drawing wattage from the power supply.
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2nd Jan 2008, 13:27
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I run a Pallit 8600GT 256MB DDR3 in a stock Dell 305W, PSU's with dell they tend to quote a realistic wattage figure not a peak. I expect a similar thing is done with Gateway. I've had no problems with it at all power wise, the ATi 2600 series cards have less energy consumption.
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5th Jan 2008, 22:19
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I installed a micro-ATX power supply into that proprietary case. They use the same thing as Dell, some weird BTX hybrid. I was able to mount it with one or two screws missing but it was extremely secure. You could perhaps get a 450+ watt micro-atx, dunno if they make them with that high of wattage though.
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