Hi everyone. A little loving for the SFF forum. I just got a Dell 2001FP 20 inch LCD screen. It is the sweetness but that has nothing to do with SFF does it?
The problem is that since the native resolution is 16X12, my 9800 pro cant really keep up like it could when I used to game in 10X7. I was looking to get either a X800pro or a 6800 GT. The 6800 pretty much kicks the crap out of the Radeon but I am worried about power requirements so I am still considering the ATi card.
I have a SN45G v1. It is the nforce2 based XPC. Right now I have one DVD burner, 1 80 gig drive, no floppy, 1 gig of PC3200 and a Barton running @ 2.2GHz. I have a SBlive and a Radeon 9800pro 128MB as my expansion cards. So far my little beastie has never shown any problems whatsoever handling that load.
The XPC only has a 200W power supply and it must be a good one to run what I currently have in there but I am afraid that a 6800 GT might be pushing its limits. I have the option of buying the 250 power supply from newegg for 70$ but that seems excessive for a PS. I would imagine that the extra 50 watts would do the trick for a new card but am still unsure.
Any thoughts on what I should do or does anyone have any experience running the newer video cards in an XPC? Any replies would be very welcome.