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256MB NVIDIA BFG GF 7600GT OVCLOCKED SLI Help please

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I have decided on a graphics card but may have a problem with my psu
these are the specs of my psu
Bestec
MODEL: ATX-300-12Z REV :BC
INPUT : 100-127V-7A . 200-240V-4A 60/50Hz
OUTPUT:+12V / 19A . -12V / 0.8A
300W MAX +5V/ 30A. +5VSB / 2A peak 2.5a
+3.3V / 28A.

+5V & 3.3V 180W MAX +5V & +12V 288W MAX

Would have posted photo but batteries dead on digy
this is specs of graphics card i want, oh yes ;)
Product Specifications:

Product Details: Generic 2 Port SATA2 PCI-E Host Card
Device Type: Graphics card / Graphics adapter / Video card
Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Core Clock: 580MHz (vs. 560MHz standard)
Memory Clock: 1450MHz (vs. 1400MHz standard)
Memory: 256MB
RAMDAC: Dual 400MHz
Interfaces: 1 Dual-Link DVI-I, 1 Single-Link DVI-I, HDTV
System Requirements: CPU with processor speed of 1GHz of higher, 256MB of RAM, A 350W PCI Express compliant system power supply (with 12V current rating of 20A or more), A vacant x16 PCI Express slot
Features: -PCI Express x16
-NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU ready
-Superscalar GPU architecture
-NVIDIA CineFX® 4.0 engine
-High Speed GDDR3 memory nterface
-Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 support
-NVIDIA® nView™ multi-display technology

Additional Information: 23.2GB/second memory bandwidth

will i need to get a 400w psu like this one
ATX 400W PAXPOWER ULTRA QUIET PSU BLACK
 
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Your PSU looks too weak to me. What brand is it? I would say you should a new PSU before you get anything else for PC.

Get a decent brand like Enermax, Sparkle, OCZ etc. If you are on a budget get a Hiper Type R.
 
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Would get a new psu as said above, tagan, fsp, enermax, seasonic would be fine, if you want to keep the PSU for some time I would recommend getting something around 500w.

Btw are you buying two 7600GTs to put in Sli?
 
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have bought a x800GTO Limited edition. also went for a
400w akasa paxpower 12v 2.0 atx ultra quiet psu
i was going to buy a 3D Fuzion Geforce 7600 GT 256mb PCI Express,
quite a story really had checked info for the shop address and looked at
mini map online and thought i would find it easy. but had no luck and gave
up so i went to another shop. it wasent till i got back i thought check google earth and traced my steps was :eek: shocked :eek: to find i was on the right road just needed to keep going for like 10 minutes more but gave up

saying that though i cant complain awsome card 1 thing though the psu cables there was a hell of a lot and canny chunky aswell i have had to tie em up with that plastic stuff that ties cables together and make it tidy as poss
hell of an effort to keep them away from fans so as not to ruin airflow there
was 1 more thing i connected the pci-express power connector to x800
and there was a another little connector with 3pins :confused: didnt have owt that would fit this also on the static bag was a sticker saying to connect some connector to power then to card and to HD also very :confused:
 
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sorry have played hitman blood money stuck settings on ultra and plays very smooth and graphics are amazing :cool:
did some1 say x800 does not have sm3 cause can i ask what smoothvision is
cause thats whats on my card
 
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non of the x800 range has sm3. this is only available on the x1000 series and above.

SmoothVision™ HD
2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes
Sparse multi-sample algorithm with gamma correction, programmable sample patterns, and centroid sampling
Lossless Color Compression (up to6:1)at all resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions
Temporal Anti-Aliasing
2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes
Up to 128-tap texture filtering
Adaptive algorithm with bilinear (performance) and trilinear (quality) options
 
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