bast gr card to buy for new camputer

xbox36016

just got a new camputer a dell ins 530 and what is the bast gr to put in it

uberpixie

xbox36016 wrote: »

just got a new camputer a dell ins 530 and what is the bast gr to put in it

It only comes with a 300W power supply.

You will not be able to add a very power gfx card to this pc without changing the power supply.

Bear in mind Dell sometimes use non standard power supplies that you cannot replace with a standard off the shelf PC power supply....

(OEM pcs are ****e in general for this reason, this is why you should either build or buy a "gaming PC" off dell)

I would suggest looking for Dell forums and see if what cards others have managed to fit to their inspiron 530s.

"128MB ATI® RadeonTM HD 2400 Pro graphics card256MB ATI® RadeonTM HD 2600 XT graphics card
256MB ATI® RadeonTM HD 3450 graphic card
256MB ATI® RadeonTM HD 3650 graphic card"

Any of these will work as they are listed as options on the dell website. None are great for gaming but are a big step up over the standard Intel onboard gfxs.

xbox36016

ya i was going to buy a ati 2400 hd card but will that work do you think and a xps was to out off my prise range

but i have put in a exta 500 gb hard drsve and it has 6gb of ram extra

Sqaull20

Your Dell cant take a card as powerful as 9600gt/H3870, power supply is fine for those, but cant take super fast cards like HD4870/Gtx 260.

You will need one of these adapters, as Dell psu doesnt have required cables.



SATA-2-Molex Adapter

Radeon HD 3870 512MB GDDR4 €93

http://www.dabs.ie/ProductView.aspx?Quicklinx=4SRZ&CategorySelectedId=11137&PageMode=1&NavigationKey=11137,12&InMerch=1

xbox36016

The 1tb and 6gb of ram works fine but can I put any 512 card in it if not it's going back to dell

PogMoThoin

xbox36016 wrote: »

The 1tb and 6gb of ram works fine but can I put any 512 card in it if not it's going back to dell

How much ram has it got in total? 32bit windows can only use 4Gb total, less what your devices, graphics cards etc use up. So in reality its 3.2Gb that windows can use. This is unless you specified you wanted 64Bit windows from Dell which can handle more than this.

xbox36016

yap 64 bit ulatmate

PogMoThoin

Well unless you've got a massive application that will utilise 6Gb then most of that ram will just sit there doin nothin. Most I've managed to get Vista to use was 3.5Gb.

xbox36016

yes vasta can use up 16 gb of ram but it will only come up as 3.5gb of ram

PogMoThoin

:rolleyes: Wrong, if you've got the Ultimate 64bit version like you say it'll use up to 128Gb and will show exactly what it uses.

I've only used 3.5GB cos that was the most I could get Vista to use with several applications and a game running, can't really see you using any more than that, so half your ram's wasted, just sitting there doin nothing. Waste IMO

callaway92

OMG lads..XBOX36016 is 16 years old and is lying about everything..Former accounts were banned ahh..

xbox36016

so anyway lets get back on ponit so any way how can i put a biger addter on my pc

AlmightyCushion

xbox36016 wrote: »

so anyway lets get back on ponit so any way how can i put a biger addter on my pc

It's really quite easy just get a biger addter and put in on your pc.

xbox36016

ya whare is a good plise to get one than play.com to buy campuer parts

Silenceisbliss

This is just unbelievable, can a moderator please lock this thread, I can’t bear to look at this butchery of typos and misspellings anymore.

I mean, we all have a typo from time to time, but this is just painful.

At least he got the title right, Dell = CAMPuter

PogMoThoin

xbox36016

i was useing my iphone so my bad than still not usad to it my bad so can some one help me whit my buying of a gr crard

BadCharlie

you asked for the best
Ati 4750 or Nvidia 280GTX
Or you can get the Ati 4750x2
Now use google

MooseJam

I bought a dell inspiron 530 for the bro and put an 8800GS into it if I remember correctly, the power supply didn't have a pci-e power cable so I had to buy two of those adapters Squall mentioned to turn two Sata power connectors into molex and then use a 2 * molex to Pci-e converter. Worked out pretty well and he can play any game he wants.

BadCharlie

Correction from earlyer post Ati 4870