ati radeon 9600xt into my pvc rx413n

[steffenscheideler]

i have the vaio rx413n with a geforce 4 mx 460, and i want to upgrade to a radeon 9600xt. is this possible (with power supplies and so on)? the radeon needs an 300 watt power supply and my power supply unit has 220 volt ~ 1.7 A so it has ??? 374 ??? watt. is that right? i have inserted an addition al soundcard (terrstec aureon 5.1 fun).do i need another power supply unit or will the new graphics card work without any problems??


steffen scheideler

[kee-lo_]

the radeon needs an 300 watt power supply and my power supply unit has 220 volt ~ 1.7 A so it has ??? 374 ??? watt. is that right? 

It won't work, you need a 330w PSU at least, you don't want to be running on low power.

[steffenscheideler]

what watt do i have?? i think over 300w 'cos watt is volt * ampere!! so 220 * 1,7 is much more than 300! what do you think? will it work?

[kee-lo_]

Hmm, not really an electronics guru so I didn't understand half of that...

[steffenscheideler]

okey, opened the pc and it was printed on psu! it's only 268 watt! do you know where i can get a more powerful psu?

[kee-lo_]

Try Sonyspareparts, as a normal PSU might not fit in their "special" cases.

[RobertStalker]

To work out total Wattage of any electrical appliance -

Votage x Amps i.e. 250v x 3amps = 750Watts

Wattage divided amps = Voltage i.e. 750W / 3amps = 250v.

[steffenscheideler]

it's only 1,7 amps!!

[RobertStalker]

Values shown were only an example - a help for your future calculation.

OK taking value given by you is 425 Watts.

[steffenscheideler]

sorry for asking? will this reach for geforce fx 5700 ultra.
and will the watts really exist or is this only theoretic??
d'ya know if the gfx 5700u is more powerful than the radeon 9600 pro/xt??