Hello,
I recently bought a new HP (model m8330f). It comes with an NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT. It is an ok card for average gamers, however, when I go to run Oblivion, CoD 4, etc. it just doesn't cut it.
Here is my problem:
The motherboard will only support a 450W power supply (max). I want to get the BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT OC. It requires a 425W power supply. Is it possible to just buy a 430W power supply and let it run the graphics card and leave the stock 300W supply that is in my motherboard alone, or does the graphics card have to be plugged into the powersupply that is running your motherboard? If I can pull off just getting a power supply to plug the card into, then "modifying" my tower to let the connection to the card through, I will be very happy.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
Robert
I recently bought a new HP (model m8330f). It comes with an NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT. It is an ok card for average gamers, however, when I go to run Oblivion, CoD 4, etc. it just doesn't cut it.
Here is my problem:
The motherboard will only support a 450W power supply (max). I want to get the BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT OC. It requires a 425W power supply. Is it possible to just buy a 430W power supply and let it run the graphics card and leave the stock 300W supply that is in my motherboard alone, or does the graphics card have to be plugged into the powersupply that is running your motherboard? If I can pull off just getting a power supply to plug the card into, then "modifying" my tower to let the connection to the card through, I will be very happy.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
Robert