I'm still having a hard time with this power issue. I have a 305 watt supply, after i opened up the computer and looked, not 250 watt. Ati says i must have at least 350 watt to run the new x800xt.My computer is a Dell 8300 Dimension, 3.0, 160gb, 1mb of ram. I call Dell and they tell me i can't upgrade the power and that my system was designed to run on 305 watts and i risk doing damage to my motherboard! Damn! I really don't believe him, but
not sure what to do.Also i've read in magazines that the new x800xt will run on 250 watts but Ati says NO WAY! I'm so close at 305 watts, but do not want to damage my motherboard with more power. I would really hate to send back my new x800xt card. What should i do?
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