Vista - Video Card question

Here is what I want to do. I have a perfectly good computer that has a lot
of data on it, but the problem is I have a 200 Watt power supply. I can not
upgrade the power supply per the hardware vendor, so what I am wondering is
the following:

Is there a 256 MB AGP (or PCI) video that will work with a 200 Watt power
supply that will allow me to use AERO features or Vista? My computer does
not have a PCI Express slot.

Thanks

In article <E11399E9-9B74-4921-9FA4-8B1369C9BB00@microsoft.com>, Lee
Collison says...
> Here is what I want to do. I have a perfectly good computer that has a lot
> of data on it, but the problem is I have a 200 Watt power supply. I can not
> upgrade the power supply per the hardware vendor, so what I am wondering is
> the following:
>
> Is there a 256 MB AGP (or PCI) video that will work with a 200 Watt power
> supply that will allow me to use AERO features or Vista? My computer does
> not have a PCI Express slot.
>
Firstly, what is the case? If it's a Shuttle then the 200W PSU in it is
extremely efficient and will beat many 400W standard ATX ones.


--
Conor

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.........

I have a Dell OptiPlex 160L

Aero only requies 128MB of graphics memor and 512MB of main memory.
There are a log of NVIDIA 7600 chip cards that don't require fans since they
draw little power due to the small die size used for the chip
Just Google for
"
7600GS fanless AGP
"
and you will get lots of hits

"Lee Collison" <LeeCollison@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E11399E9-9B74-4921-9FA4-8B1369C9BB00@microsoft.com...
> Here is what I want to do. I have a perfectly good computer that has a
> lot
> of data on it, but the problem is I have a 200 Watt power supply. I can
> not
> upgrade the power supply per the hardware vendor, so what I am wondering
> is
> the following:
>
> Is there a 256 MB AGP (or PCI) video that will work with a 200 Watt power
> supply that will allow me to use AERO features or Vista? My computer does
> not have a PCI Express slot.
>
> Thanks

Great stuff. Thanks for the quick responses guys.

Lee

Dell may not want to help you, but others may.. there are power supply
manufacturers who will tell you if you need a special power supply for your
board.. the picture of the tower layout in the Dell manual online looks to
be a standard ATX case fitting (where it fits and screws to the case).. at
the cable end, if it is the Dell special, adapter cables can be purchased
that will convert the standard ATX power outlet to Dell motherboard power
connector.. two links for you..

This one for the power supply info.. you may have to call them..

http://www.pcpower.com/products/powe...ector/dell.htm

And this one for the adapter cable that will convert any ATX power supply to
Dell spec..

http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/...=dellconverter


"Lee Collison" <LeeCollison@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E11399E9-9B74-4921-9FA4-8B1369C9BB00@microsoft.com...
> Here is what I want to do. I have a perfectly good computer that has a
> lot
> of data on it, but the problem is I have a 200 Watt power supply. I can
> not
> upgrade the power supply per the hardware vendor, so what I am wondering
> is
> the following:
>
> Is there a 256 MB AGP (or PCI) video that will work with a 200 Watt power
> supply that will allow me to use AERO features or Vista? My computer does
> not have a PCI Express slot.
>
> Thanks

--


Mike Hall
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

This is great as well. I know networking really good, but hardware is an
area that I do not concentrate on and there are a lot of hardware experts out
that, I see that now. Thanks guys.

"Mike Hall - MS MVP" wrote:

> Lee
>
> Dell may not want to help you, but others may.. there are power supply
> manufacturers who will tell you if you need a special power supply for your
> board.. the picture of the tower layout in the Dell manual online looks to
> be a standard ATX case fitting (where it fits and screws to the case).. at
> the cable end, if it is the Dell special, adapter cables can be purchased
> that will convert the standard ATX power outlet to Dell motherboard power
> connector.. two links for you..
>
> This one for the power supply info.. you may have to call them..
>
> http://www.pcpower.com/products/powe...ector/dell.htm
>
> And this one for the adapter cable that will convert any ATX power supply to
> Dell spec..
>
> http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/...=dellconverter
>
>
> "Lee Collison" <LeeCollison@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E11399E9-9B74-4921-9FA4-8B1369C9BB00@microsoft.com...
> > Here is what I want to do. I have a perfectly good computer that has a
> > lot
> > of data on it, but the problem is I have a 200 Watt power supply. I can
> > not
> > upgrade the power supply per the hardware vendor, so what I am wondering
> > is
> > the following:
> >
> > Is there a 256 MB AGP (or PCI) video that will work with a 200 Watt power
> > supply that will allow me to use AERO features or Vista? My computer does
> > not have a PCI Express slot.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> --
>
>
> Mike Hall
> MS MVP Windows Shell/User
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/
>
>
>
>