http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: watts - Recent Posts en Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:12:07 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/video-card-w100w-psu#post-49093 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:10:30 +0000 Kyalami 49093@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Right, well I was thinking of just one PCI card, just to speed up things a little. The PC's running Windows 2000 now so an expensive video card isn't necessary. Just large enough to at least be able to visit graphics-heavy sites. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/video-card-w100w-psu#post-49089 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:15:43 +0000 XTR-91 49089@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>All PCI components (including graphics cards) are given a small amount of power to operate through the PCI board. If a card is not currently being used, the power usage should not be worth measuring. As far as adding PCI cards, you probably do not need to worry about power consumption. I wouldn't recommend filling all three slots with expensive PC cards, though.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/video-card-w100w-psu#post-49081 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:09:10 +0000 Kyalami 49081@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello everyone! I have a very old, but nonetheless great, HP Pavilion<br /> 6645c. It has an Intel Celeron 533MHz Mendocino processor, and the<br /> Intel 810 chipset. Although it was designed to run Windows 98, I've<br /> been able to put Windows 2000 on the machine with no problems at all.</p> <p> The computer has three PCI expansion slots, on an old TriGem Cognac<br /> motherboard. The graphics it uses are integrated, provided by the Intel<br /> 810 chipset. While the system is running great, the graphics really<br /> slow it down. I want to use this computer for basic IM/email needs -<br /> not expecting even good Flash support (i.e. Youtube, other online<br /> video), however, some graphics-heavy, yet non-video-centric sites (i.e.<br /> Tom's Hardware) run a quite slow.</p> <p> Basically, I want to ask if adding a simple PCI graphics card (I'm<br /> thinking of maybe a 32MB ATI RAGE) would work well despite the 100W<br /> power supply that comes with the machine. The PSU is also very<br /> limiting, but if the possibility of adding a simple graphics card is<br /> available and worth it, then I'd like to take advantage of it. I just<br /> don't want to install it and then start encounterin power/random<br /> shutdown problems, which I know are a pain and have the potential to<br /> mess up other components severely.</p> <p> The manual for the TriGem Cognac motherboard that is in the<br /> machine acknowledges PCI graphics cards (in one part, it states that<br /> the onboard graphics will automatically be disabled upon the insertion<br /> of a PCI video card) so I know that it was a possibility. But I'd like<br /> to know how far I can go with that 100W PSU.</p> <p> Thanks in advance for the help,</p> <p> Kyalami </p>