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So i just purchased a brand new GeForce 7600 GS to replace my dying 5500FX. Its a great card, I can finally play EP2 with lots of fancy HDR effects, and my Source guns look oh so reflective and Have that new gun shine; Its great to get a constant 30-40fps for once in a game without having to set all my graphics opts to low.
The only problem i have is the card requires at least a 300w power supply. I have a 130w supply. Now at first i thought $&%* I'm going to have to go buy a new power supply (sure i could get a 400w one for about 17$ or so, but i live about 14 miles from work, and i had already been there once today.), But I still proceeded to install the card, connect a free molex connector to the card, and hit power on my comp.
Now of course the card worked both XP and Vista run smoothly with it, (osx86 is another story though...), Source played damn fine, and well ya, the card works.
But i want to know What would i gain from going out and getting a new Psu? would the card run faster? the card manual say "connecting the Psu to the card will give optimal performance". Ok so? am I damaging the card by running it like this? Or what?
The only problem i have is the card requires at least a 300w power supply. I have a 130w supply. Now at first i thought $&%* I'm going to have to go buy a new power supply (sure i could get a 400w one for about 17$ or so, but i live about 14 miles from work, and i had already been there once today.), But I still proceeded to install the card, connect a free molex connector to the card, and hit power on my comp.
Now of course the card worked both XP and Vista run smoothly with it, (osx86 is another story though...), Source played damn fine, and well ya, the card works.
But i want to know What would i gain from going out and getting a new Psu? would the card run faster? the card manual say "connecting the Psu to the card will give optimal performance". Ok so? am I damaging the card by running it like this? Or what?