Video card death...time to get a new one.
By
Flameshot,
Posted on: 2010-01-21 14:23 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
Your video card RAM and system RAM do not have to match. When it's talking about DDR3 on the video card, it's *on* the video card for the video card 
I currently have a GTS 250 1GB DDR3 card which is a rebranded 9800GTX pretty much. I can play the game on high/very high settings and run at 60fps solid with v-sync on, 95-100+ with v-sync off 
Just make sure your power supply is able to handle it and you should be fine
We'll see....
cool. that saves me about 60 on the ram. i have a 400 watt power supply. i think it is the minimum required. i will prob go to a 500 or 600 watt after i get the card.
The GTS 250 requires at least a 450W PSU. I don't remember what the 9800 requires. I'm a bit too lazy at the moment look it up. I would recommend upgrading the power supply before the video card as if you're not getting enough power, you run the risk of damaging not only the video card but your motherboard and CPU as well.
We'll see....
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9800 requires the same or more. The GTS 250 is just the same chip that's been through a die-shrink.
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Originally Posted by Flameshot
The GTS 250 requires at least a 450W PSU. I don't remember what the 9800 requires. I'm a bit too lazy at the moment look it up. I would recommend upgrading the power supply before the video card as if you're not getting enough power, you run the risk of damaging not only the video card but your motherboard and CPU as well.
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i'll double check before i order. if it does require a higher wattage then i can spring for a PS to. thanks again for the info and keep it coming. it's gonna be at least 2 weeks before i can do anything.
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Originally Posted by Flameshot
The GTS 250 requires at least a 450W PSU. I don't remember what the 9800 requires. I'm a bit too lazy at the moment look it up. I would recommend upgrading the power supply before the video card as if you're not getting enough power, you run the risk of damaging not only the video card but your motherboard and CPU as well.
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so after 1.5 yrs of having to start the fan spinning with a can of spray air my nvidia geforce 8600gt has decided to die. i got the red, white and blue multi mixed up pixle screen then the monitor shut down. i knew it was bound to happen. with that said, how are the 9800 gt's and since it is ddr3, would i have to switch my ddr2 ram to match? thanks for any help you can give me.