ATI VGA compatible with Motherboard ECS PM800-M2 (V1.0)?

Asked By Fulton 0 points N/A Posted on - 08/21/2011

Motherboard ECS PM800-M2 (V1.0) :

# P4 FSB 800.

# DDR 400.

# Hyper-Threading Technology.

# RAID0, RAID1 support.

# Serial ATA.

# AGP 8X.

# 6 Channel Audio.

# 10/100 LAN.

# ATA133.

# USB 2.0.

 

My computer specs:

 

PSU : Simbadda 380W .

Processor : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.0 GHz Hyper threading.

RAM : V-Gen PC 3200 512 Mb + Apacer PC 3200 512 Mb.

HDD : Western Digital (Blue) 160 GB.

OS : Win XP (SP2).

Directx : Directx 9.0c.

VGA AGP match with this.

VGA AGP 8x ATI HD 3650 Powercolor 512 Mb 128 Bit.

Or VGA AGP 8x Radeon 9600 Pro 256 Mb 128 Bit.

 

Which one is suitable? Because my PSU is only 380W.

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Answered By SolomonGrundy 0 points N/A #99285

ATI VGA compatible with Motherboard ECS PM800-M2 (V1.0)?

 

Hello Fulton.

 

Try this online calculator:

 

• https://outervision.com/

 

Based on the details you gave about your setup, your Pentium 4 3.0 GHz, 2 sticks of DDR SDRAM, 160 GB IDE drive, 1 DVD-RW drive coupled with an ATI HD 3650 Powercolor 512 Mb 128 Bit required 255 Watts of power whereas you setup with a Radeon 9600 Pro requires 200 Watts. It means your power supply and current can support either of the 2 choices of AGP cards.

 

I suggest you try the online calculator by yourself since I do not know if there are any other devices on your computer that consumes additional power such as case fans, DVD-RW drives, other hard drives, 3rd party CPU fans, water cooling kit, add-on PCI cards and more.

 

Hope this helps.

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Answered By Fulton 0 points N/A #99286

ATI VGA compatible with Motherboard ECS PM800-M2 (V1.0)?

 

Seriously I like this tool! Thanks so much for giving advice for this subject on your comment.

 

Regards.

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