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Considering ATI X800XL
Apologies, I should be able to answer this, if I were at home. I'm on the road and have found a great deal on a X800XL PCI-E card. My home computer is a XPS Gen 4 with nVidia 6800 PCI-E (vanilla edition, 256 MB). Question is, for the life of me I can't remember if the power supply has the appropriate 6-pin connector available (or could even be one on the 6800, doubt it though)?? I know the power supply has enuf wattage, just can't remember if there is the extra power connector available, per the X800XL's needs.
I've got 48 hours to decide to buy this card (on sale for CAD$370.00, until Jul 3rd) before I have to leave for home. I've looked up my Dell manual on line, but no mention of power supply connections...
Any/all help would be
very appreciated. It seems like a no brainer, esp considering the X850PE was an option on the Gen 4's, but I've been surprised by stupid little details before, would rather not have to try to get a refund long distance or try to sell on eBay, if possible. (Yeah, I'd be paying the same for a 850 that I could have ordered when I bot the 'puter, but I didn't have the extra cash at the time).
Cheers, SF
Message Edited by Yzerguy on 06-30-2005 09:15 PM
If the Dimension 8400 has the power connector and I know that it has since I have upgraded from a X300 SE to a X850 XT PE the Gen 4 should have that connector.
I am not so sure that you are going to need that connector with the X800 XL, I thought that PCI-Express version of that Video card was a stand alone card that did not need additional power other than the 75 watts the PCI-Express slot can deliver. I believe the AGP version of the X800 XL needs additional power since the AGP slot does not provide that much power.
So go ahead and buy that good deal either way you will be covered.
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Posted July 1st, 2005 01:00