upgrade advice needed

Lunde · Oct 29, 2004, 09:29 PM

hi all
hope this is the right part of the forum for this post:

i have a sapphire radeon atlantis 9600 pro graphics card now,and i have been thinking about an upgrade to a ati 9800 pro card.
but i am in a bit of worries about my rig specs..... can it handle a 9800 pro?

cpu amd xp 2500+ @1.8
ram: 1024 ddr333
1 asus cd drive
1 asus dvd/cd combi burner
1 120gig hd seagate
1 160gig hd seagate
psu chieftec 350 watts

the only worry i got is the psu,ati say that 300w psu is needed,but is this as a minimum or is 350w enough?
and the cpu will it be a bottleneck with the new card?

mkk · Oct 30, 2004, 03:09 AM

It looks fine on overall. The Chieftec PSU's seem to be 'okay' (not bad, not top notch) so it shouldn't be a problem. Some games will be somewhat limited by the CPU, but in most you will definitely see a good boost with the new card.

Oct 29, 2004, 09:29 PM	#1
Lunde HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	upgrade advice needed hi all hope this is the right part of the forum for this post: i have a sapphire radeon atlantis 9600 pro graphics card now,and i have been thinking about an upgrade to a ati 9800 pro card. but i am in a bit of worries about my rig specs..... can it handle a 9800 pro? cpu amd xp 2500+ @1.8 ram: 1024 ddr333 1 asus cd drive 1 asus dvd/cd combi burner 1 120gig hd seagate 1 160gig hd seagate psu chieftec 350 watts the only worry i got is the psu,ati say that 300w psu is needed,but is this as a minimum or is 350w enough? and the cpu will it be a bottleneck with the new card?

Oct 30, 2004, 03:09 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,374 Rep Power: 120 System Specs	It looks fine on overall. The Chieftec PSU's seem to be 'okay' (not bad, not top notch) so it shouldn't be a problem. Some games will be somewhat limited by the CPU, but in most you will definitely see a good boost with the new card.