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Any DELL experts here (dimension 9200)

  • 26-05-2007 7:21pm
    #1
    jonny72
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    I am gonna go abroad soon and will prob get myself a dell dimension 9200..

    Since I am going to be playing games.. I will get myself a nice graphics card, I was hoping for a Radeon x1900 or x1950...

    So heres the questions..

    Will an x1900xt fit in a 9200? (it takes up 2 slots)

    And is the Dell power supply enough for one of these cards?


Comments

  • #2
    kmick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭kmick


    Usually not but check the rating before you buy the card. The Dell PCs are usually around 300-400


  • #3
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    If you're going to splash out on a PC, why buy a card to put in a PC (which technically removes your warranty) - why not buy a Dell with a good card (7900GS, 8600GTS) or buy a different brand? Remember whatever way that a GFX card won't improve performance too much if it's bottlenecked by crappy CPU/RAM.


  • #4
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    sdonn_1 wrote:
    (which technically removes your warranty)

    I don't think it does...


  • #5
    jonny72
    Closed Accounts Posts: 674 ✭✭✭jonny72


    sdonn_1 wrote:
    If you're going to splash out on a PC, why buy a card to put in a PC (which technically removes your warranty) - why not buy a Dell with a good card (7900GS, 8600GTS) or buy a different brand? Remember whatever way that a GFX card won't improve performance too much if it's bottlenecked by crappy CPU/RAM.


    I might be able to get a dell 9200 with a e6600 or e6700 chip and 667mhz ram so that shouldnt be too much bottleneck..

    Adding a graphics card from Dell is not an option in my case, but is too expensive anyway as I like to pickup much faster but cheaper cards from german ebay..

    So far I think these are the nvidia cards the 9200 can handle..
    7900 gs
    7800 gt and gtx
    7950 gx2 1 gb

    Does anyone know what Radeons it can take? decent ones..

    Does anyone know if the slots at the back allow me to add a 2 slot card (widthwise) like the radeon x1900xt?

    I am only doing this cos I can get the Dell very cheap. Thanks for your responses so far..


  • #6
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,012 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    If Dell are willing to ship the system with the card then it fits.

    Example, the 7900s will fit. Most cards will. Its a decent card for a casual gamer as well.


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