NVidia 8600 GTS performance

[Calendyr]

Hello,

one of the machines I have asssigned to folding uses a Celeron E1200 and a 8600 GTS.

I noticed yesterday the GTS wasn't doing anything and I remembered that this machine's power supply did not have a plug for the extra power needed by the VideoCard for the GPU.

So my question is: Would it be worth it to replace the power supply for an old card like the 8600 GTS. What kind of performance would it have in terms of PPD?

Thanks

[7im]

You're better off spending the same $50 on a newer GPU, like the GT 430 Fermi. Comes in both a PCIe or PCI version, and does not need an extra power connector.

4500 PPD baseline, and can overclock higher if you want.

[Calendyr]

Thanks. I might just do that