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Title: Will a GeForce 7600GS work with an old 20-Pin 400 Watt Power Supply?
Post by: BigIg on March 31, 2009, 01:57:13 PM

I've done a minor upgrade to a friends old computer, but it didn't seem to be a big priority to update the power supply because it already had a decent 20-Pin power supply in it. I can't remember the exact model but I believe it is an Antec 400 watt.

Would a GeForce 7600GS work fine without a 20+4 connector? As I understand some cards require this, while other cards do not.

This is the card I'm talking about: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500032

Title: Re: Will a GeForce 7600GS work with an old 20-Pin 400 Watt Power Supply?
Post by: computeruler on March 31, 2009, 01:58:41 PM

I think it will

Title: Re: Will a GeForce 7600GS work with an old 20-Pin 400 Watt Power Supply?
Post by: BigIg on March 31, 2009, 03:54:25 PM

Anyone have a second opinion?

Title: Re: Will a GeForce 7600GS work with an old 20-Pin 400 Watt Power Supply?
Post by: Accessless on March 31, 2009, 03:59:44 PM

If the picture is correct then that card doesn't need the expansion power connector.

Title: Re: Will a GeForce 7600GS work with an old 20-Pin 400 Watt Power Supply?
Post by: BigIg on March 31, 2009, 04:04:14 PM

Fair enough. I'll go ahead and order it. Thanks guys.

Title: Re: Will a GeForce 7600GS work with an old 20-Pin 400 Watt Power Supply?
Post by: computeruler on April 01, 2009, 02:40:55 PM

This isnt for gaming is it?

Title: Re: Will a GeForce 7600GS work with an old 20-Pin 400 Watt Power Supply?
Post by: BigIg on April 01, 2009, 10:15:11 PM

No, not any major gaming anyway. The girl this is for is more into photo editing, and she works with some large images, so she needs enough VRAM so the image she's working on fits in the framebuffer.

Any gaming she does will be pretty basic. She plays UT2004, and the onboard GeForce 6100SE is a miserably choppy with it at her LCD's default resolution of 1440x900 , but it'll be fine with this, since UT2004 doesn't have too high requirements.

Title: Re: Will a GeForce 7600GS work with an old 20-Pin 400 Watt Power Supply?
Post by: x2543 on April 02, 2009, 03:36:29 PM

if you have NOT yet purchased a graphics card, you might consider getting a series 8 or 9 graphics card from Nvidia. Those can support physX through the latest nvidia graphics card drivers and I  that UT2004 -- that's unreal tournament right? -- can take use of physX technologies so she gets better graphics.

Title: Re: Will a GeForce 7600GS work with an old 20-Pin 400 Watt Power Supply?
Post by: Geek-9pm on April 02, 2009, 03:48:16 PM

GeForce 7600GS
On other forums people are saying that they have some problem with power on this card. It may be a 'feature' of the card.
Maybe the card works at low power, but with less performance.
Hard to get a up front answer from the maker and the vendors.