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| Thread ID: 57108 | 2005-04-24 01:52:00 | GeForce 6600GT - Fixed one problem, Now I have a different one | Agent_24 (57) | Press F1 |
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| 348091 | 2005-04-24 01:52:00 | A lot of people have probably heard about the 6600GT's and the graphics corruption that was meant to be fixed by an nVidia driver update (some worked, some didn't) I had that same problem with a few games, and the latest beta drivers at the time fixed it halfway (sometimes the games would be ok, other times they would have the problem). Upgraded to a newer, final release driver set a while ago and the graphics problem has not come back since. Now I've just come back from lunch (computer was just sitting idle for maybe a half-hour), killed the screensaver and find this little joyful message staring me in the face: Problem report: The NVIDIA System Sentinel is reporting that the NVIDIA-powered graphics card is not receiving sufficient power. To protect your hardware from potential damage or causing a potential system lockup, the graphics processor has lowered its performance to a level that allows continued safe operations. I have never seen that message before at all, and I've been running the card on my crappy 300watt hyena for a while now, so if the PSU couldn't handle it I expect I would have seen something before now? :@@: :help: :confused: |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 348092 | 2005-04-24 02:00:00 | and I've been running the card on my crappy 300watt hyena for a while now I think that says it all . Time to upgrade to a more powerful PSU . You want at least a 400Watt PSU with at least 18Amps on the +12V rail . |
b1naryb0y (3) | ||
| 348093 | 2005-04-24 02:04:00 | Has the videocard got a power connector on it? If so, did u put a spare molex on it to give it power?? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 348094 | 2005-04-24 02:04:00 | Have you considered that the message facility was part of the new drivers? Maybe why you haven't seen it before. | pheonix (36) | ||
| 348095 | 2005-04-24 02:05:00 | lol, yea I've been wanting one with more fans too... Any suggestions for a PSU that's good enough but not exceedingly expensive? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 348096 | 2005-04-24 02:07:00 | I suppose the new message could have come with the new drivers, but I've had them a while before the message came up, and yes I have put the extra power connector in. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 348097 | 2005-04-24 02:21:00 | Just found this on the nVidia forums: I'm having problems since I've installed the latest drivers (v71.84) with my GeForce FX 5900 Ultra. The nvidia sentinel is repeatedly popping up and giving me a warning about low power and underclocking my card. This has never happened before I installed the new drivers, and I've even installed the 76.41 beta drivers to see if it would fix it...and it hasn't. Interstingly v71.84 Is the same version I have, so I has to be the drivers. question is, are they telling the truth? ......and it's also not a power issue... because, yes, I checked...and the molex connecter is still plugged into the card securely directly from a dedicated line on my 510 watt PC Power & Cooling Power supply. Surely 510 Watt is enough for an FX5900? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 348098 | 2005-04-24 02:31:00 | Surely 510 Watt is enough for an FX5900? It's not the overall Watts that count, it's the Amps. There are a lot off cheap PSUs out there that have over-inflated Watt ratings but are severely lacking in the Amp department, especially on the +12V rail. |
b1naryb0y (3) | ||
| 348099 | 2005-04-24 02:36:00 | PSU's dont last forever, i had one that was slowly dieing, i had to keep pulling components out of my older PC just to keep it running until i bought a new Power Supply. you dont need a 400W PSU. i have a 350W PSU and im running a AMD 64bit Chip with a 6600GT, and it has 20amps on the 12v Rail. |
Jams (1051) | ||
| 348100 | 2005-04-24 03:01:00 | So in the event that I get a new PSU, what do you think would be suitable for my current setup? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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