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You might be able to buy a higher-rated power supply from a spart part supplier that will fit in your current desktop. They are mostly pretty standard and easy to fit. This will void the warranty of course, but then fitting a new graphics card might do that anyway. Obviously you can't go very much more powerful than your current unit because you probably need to keep to the same physical size, but 305W to 350W is not a big increase.
I would suggest that you do not run any power supply at its limit. Good luck, Peter. On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:19:23 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Subject: Re: [ccp4bb]: graphic card Now we know why new Dell 'Towers' (they are really big!) have huge power supplies. I think they come either in 750W or 1000W versions. The graphics cards have their own fan for cooling (suggesting that they do use a lot of power). My only suggestion would be to talk to Nvidia. They should know if it will work on 300W or not. Be prepared for 'won't work'. I would not buy a Quadro 3450 without knowing this for sure. They are not cheap. My 1 cent worth. Mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 1:46 PM Subject: [ccp4bb]: graphic card Dear ccp4ers, I am thinking if I can install the nVidia Quadro FX 3450 graphic card in a Dell dimension desktop and just learn such card requires 350W power supply, but Dell desktop can only give 305W. Does anyone have such setup before? Thank you any input in advance. Best regards Lei -------------------------------------------------------------- Lei Zheng, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Center for Membrane Biology Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Texas Medical School at Houston 6431 Fannin St. MSB 6.130 Houston, TX 77030 Tel: 713-500-6083 Fax: 713-500-0545 ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.
