On Oct 14, 9:36 pm, "Wallace Adrian D'Alessio"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:29 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > I have a dual gigahertz Quicksilver G$ at my job with an ATI 9800 AGP
> > video board and a 128 RagePCI video board.
>
> > This computer is in use in a theater and the 9800 is running a pair of
> > projectors. It needs to work as well as it possibly can putting out
> > high resolution video with a minimum of hesitation. It's pretty good
> > at the moment.
>
> > I need to improve the video performance of the pci board which is for
> > use on a standard LCD monitor. If I replace the Rage with an ATI 9200
> > pci board, is there any chance that it would detract from the
> > performance of the AGP board?
>
"Wallace Adrian D'Alessio" wrote:
> Add the wattage needs of each and compare to the rating of the power supply,.
I want to thank you for this reply. I was ready to buy the ATI 9200
pci board but checked the wattage of the power supply in the
Quicksilver, which turned out to be 344. The minimum for the 9800 AGP
card alone is 300 watts. I called Other World Compting, where they
had said that the second board would not affect the video output of
the first and told them about the power supply issue. They
appologized for not thinking of it and said that I'd need to install a
bigger power block to make it work. Running that second graphics
board probably would have fried the power supply.
They told me I could get a 500 watt supply for a PC for about $50 and
an adapter for the mother board plug and gave sources. This is not
something I am about to do right away, since the computer is needed
for a show in a month. But it is useful information and worth
considering.
I feel that your advice gave me useful information, and more
important, saved us from a disaster.
Thanks,
Rich
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