Help with a new graphics card

2007-01-26 17:23:16

#1

viper313: One Shot, One Kill; +53|7102|Minnesota

I couldn't find anything is search so kill me if I missed it.

I was thinking of getting the Geforce 8800 but there is something I'm not understanding. I have a dell xps600 and I talked to dell and they said the 8800 won't work on my sys because there is no power cable from the PSU to plug into the card. So I went to BFG's web site and looked at the specs for the 8800 GTS and the specs say it only requires a single PCI supplemental power supply plug, which I have 2 of. So why wouldn't it work?

Specs

Dell XPS 600
2.8g dual core chip
NVidia nforce4 chipset on mobo SLI ready
650w PSU
dual 256mb Geforce 6800's
160g HD
1G mem but getting more when I purchase ne vid card.

Gotta run to the store, Check back in an hour.

Last edited by viper313 (2007-01-26 19:00:30)

2007-01-26 17:30:22

#2

joker3327: =IBF2=; +305|7059|Cheshire. UK

it will work fine I got the BFG one it came with 2 molex to 6pin adators with thru port so works no problem

http://www.nanosys1.com/cbl-pwr-lp4pcie.html

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductI … ce=froogle

2007-01-26 18:59:50

#3

viper313: One Shot, One Kill; +53|7102|Minnesota

Well I thought it would work too but why the H E double hockey sticks would dell tell me no?

2007-01-26 19:08:57

#4

MagikTrik: yes.....but your still gay; +138|6831|Pittsburgh, PA USA

Maybe they thought you meant the 8800GTX which has 2?

2007-01-26 20:08:41

#5

viper313: One Shot, One Kill; +53|7102|Minnesota

well i actually called dell. (Actually talked to someone that sounded American) And they said that the card was not on the "list" for possable upgrades for my comp but that doesn't mean that it wouldn't work. As far as the min req needed for the comp, I meet or exceed them so I might just have to pick one up.

2007-01-27 01:39:11

#6

Stormscythe: Aiming for the head; +88|7010|EUtopia | Austria

viper313 wrote:
I talked to dell and they said the 8800 won't work on my sys[...]

Maybe the support was trained to sell you a new rig instead?

_{Anyway, since the issue has been talked over already and you're fine with it, this post is rather useless!}

2007-01-27 07:07:29

#7

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7042|SE London

viper313 wrote:
well i actually called dell. (Actually talked to someone that sounded American) And they said that the card was not on the "list" for possable upgrades for my comp but that doesn't mean that it wouldn't work. As far as the min req needed for the comp, I meet or exceed them so I might just have to pick one up.

Get it. It'll work fine.

Don't listen to Dell - they lie.

2007-01-27 11:53:44

#8

viper313: One Shot, One Kill; +53|7102|Minnesota

yep, already purchased and will be shipped Monday. Got the GTX 768 by XFX. I'm drooling already!

The card requires 2 pci power plugs and I have 2 just sitting in my case waiting to be used and abused.

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