9800GT question

[Spawn-Inc]

what brand are you looking at for the new psu? i would very seriously check out corsair they make wicked psu's.

[progbuddy]

what brand are you looking at for the new psu? i would very seriously check out corsair they make wicked psu's.

I agree. Corsair, Fortron Source, or Hiper will get the job done. It's combined rails, by the way. I had to find this out to run my 4870 on a 550 watt dual rail PSU. lol

[DeathCrush]

Yikes a full month and a day later and I finally respond. I got my new power supply and hooked it up not too long ago. I settled on an Enermax Infinti. It got very good reviews and I have always had good luck with their PSUs.

Being a hobbyist electrician I decided to void the warranty and take it apart and look inside. I must say that it is a very nicely designed unit. This model line is being phased out so I was able to get it for $160 with a $60 rebate on it - good deal! I say snag one of these things while you still can if you're looking for a new one!

Anyways, my 9800GT seems to perform much better now so it must have been a power related issue. Although it is now giving me grief when I run D3D applications under Wine, however I am going to attribute that to problems with the latest nvidia-drivers as OpenGL applications run better than ever. The 177 drivers were causing problems with my 7600GT as well so it looks like it is time to start sending bug reports.

Thanks again for the help!