Upgrading PSU...
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got my 9800 pro on saturday B2Z, got it nicely overclocked already 
my 550w PSU is holding up so far
if you're feeling brave a HDD format is the best way to go
my 550w PSU is holding up so farif you're feeling brave a HDD format is the best way to go
What does it involve and does it make much difference to the 9800 and if so what?
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Rivatuner, it's a piece of cake and use 3DMark03 to test your new setting (IE no artifacts etc.) you can normally get the next card up's performance by overclocking a bit
mines running 415MHz core clock up from 380MHz and there's more to go (just burning it in)
mines running 415MHz core clock up from 380MHz and there's more to go (just burning it in
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Originally Posted by **************
They bloody shouldn't do with a 500 watt psu 
How much was the connect3d one?
Also will have to mess about with cleaning the drivers off my machine as moving from Nvidia to Ati could be problematic from somne of the comments I have read from people.
How much was the connect3d one?Also will have to mess about with cleaning the drivers off my machine as moving from Nvidia to Ati could be problematic from somne of the comments I have read from people.
I was going to follow these intrucions when changing:
If it has WinXP installed as the OS, then you're really in luck. Just uninstall the nVidia board within Device Manager and don't reboot when it prompts you to. Turn the system off and install the ATi board. When it boots up it will detect the new board and you can escape out of the driver prompt window. Run the executable driver files from ATi and you're finished. I have yet to have a problem under WinXP with differing video boards when following these steps.
I won't be doing any overclocking though as I don't know enough
Originally Posted by flat4
Rivatuner, it's a piece of cake and use 3DMark03 to test your new setting (IE no artifacts etc.) you can normally get the next card up's performance by overclocking a bit
mines running 415MHz core clock up from 380MHz and there's more to go (just burning it in)
mines running 415MHz core clock up from 380MHz and there's more to go (just burning it in
)BTW, even if 3Dmark2003 shows no artifacts, check with a few game: Morrowind in particular will stress any rig.
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All done Just uninstalled Nvidia stuff, rebooted to make it was all off. Then shut down, installed card, booted up, downloaded drivers installed them and all fine so far No need for power off to avoid reboot etc (he says tempting sods law and a bsod )
Just uninstalled Nvidia stuff, rebooted to make it was all off. Then shut down, installed card, booted up, downloaded drivers installed them and all fine so far No need for power off to avoid reboot etc (he says tempting sods law and a bsod )
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Originally Posted by QuattroMNC
You need a minimum of 300Watts but a 400 would suit it better and give you some room to play with in the future.
P.S. I Manage a computer shop in Bangor N.Wales, I really do know what I'm talking about
P.S. I Manage a computer shop in Bangor N.Wales, I really do know what I'm talking about
For example, a 250W Shuttle PSU will quite happily run a 9800 pro in it's sleep, it'll also cope fine with the latest batch of cards.
Mine runs with a 980 pro, 2 hdds and a cdr/dvd writer plus usb devices, perfectly fine.
Saying that as you have a desktop machine I would agree and say you'd need a minimum 300W off the shelf psu (shuttle ones are v good quality, more so than some off the shelf brands)
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Yeah just the stock cooler mate, processor zone is running at 50c and the system zone 1 is running at 42c according to the pc's/motherboards monitors. Plus both fans are spinning at less than 50% of their maximum rpm
As for the drivers I just downloaded the ones off the Ati site (28mb)
I ordered my card late Thursday night and got the card Monday morning so excellent service and free as well
I was using a 5600 before, Delta Force Joint Operations isn't much different to be honest but Far Cry is massively different. I haven't tried any other games yet, will probably give NFSU and Unreal Tournament a go to see how they look
As for the drivers I just downloaded the ones off the Ati site (28mb)
I ordered my card late Thursday night and got the card Monday morning so excellent service and free as well
I was using a 5600 before, Delta Force Joint Operations isn't much different to be honest but Far Cry is massively different. I haven't tried any other games yet, will probably give NFSU and Unreal Tournament a go to see how they look
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