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hi, i just have this one doubt, i just bought a sapphire radeon 9600xt, but my power suply is just 250w, i want to know if do i realy need a new power source, the whole system will be(with the rad) p41.8, sapphire radeon 9600xt 128ddr, 768ddr pc266, hd maxtor 40gb, sblive!, one dvd rom, one cd-rw,one fax modem 56k, one 1,44 drive of course, the mobo is a intel one, im not sure about the model so do you guys think the rad wont get anought power? and if it dosent get enought power with the 250w source will it be damaged at all? or it just wont work properly?

yeah well, i had ordered one but i canceled it, the card is working like a dream, no problems at all, if i start speriencing some problem ill buy one and then ill consider spending a litle more money : )

k dude, thx again, you were a major help

wow thx for the info, that helpd alot, i did the math(poorly) and i think tha its definetly taking up to 80/85% of the ps capacity, and i believ thats not good : ), i instaled the card and didnt esperienced any problems so far, but just in case ive ordered a 500w ps, just one more supernoob question, theres no way the cooler of the card stop rigth? because of power shortage? and theres any way i can see the heating of the card, i know that the 9600xt came with a diod to measure that, but how to use it?btw, im using the CATS 3.8 that came together with the card

thx for the answers, since i dont wana risk anything ill buy a 500w, i think i can get one for about 20 bucks, anyway thx again