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Crappy graphic card upgrade - Help

BranXBranX Member UncommonPosts: 79
in Hardware

Ok, so my mate needs a new graphic card since his is onboard and has no idea where to start or what one to get...

He has a Dell Dimension E520 computer and the power supply is 305W. What graphic card can he get that are below $80 and runs decent games with high fps?

Thanks, and please try to help and give a link if you can.

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  • leinad312leinad312 Member UncommonPosts: 319

    What games is he looking to play? He won't be able to run any good cards with such a weak power supply. Something like this 9400GT would be his only option: www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx

    The only modern mmo that would be able to run well on that card would probably be WoW. The next most inexpensive step up would be to get a better power supply and a 9600GT. That card would actually be able to run most games fairly well.

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  • skeaserskeaser Member RarePosts: 4,205
    Originally posted by BranX


    Ok, so my mate needs a new graphic card since his is onboard and has no idea where to start or what one to get...
    He has a Dell Dimension E520 computer and the power supply is 305W. What graphic card can he get that are below $80 and runs decent games with high fps?
    Thanks, and please try to help and give a link if you can.

     

    That would depend. Find out what CPU, RAM, optical drive and hard disk speed he has. Post full specs or just go to educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html to see for yourself.

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  • drag9999drag9999 Member Posts: 252

     8600GT can run decent, although I'm not sure if he'd need a new power supply.

  • CleffyCleffy Member RarePosts: 6,414

    He needs a new PSU.  A 305w PSU on a Pentium motherboard will not have enough juice to run even small video cards.  I have found a combo thats $76.58 but about $91 with shipping and tax to California.  Might be less where you live.  However, I am not too sure about the PSU.  None of the review on it were bad out of the 80 or so reviews but a cheap PSU is always a concern.  I included an HD4350 incase your friend cannot pay for shipping and tax.  It will put the price below $80.  The HD4350 is capable of playing 3D games and HD playback.  However, it will have trouble on modern games.

    Sapphire HD3850$59.99

    HEC 485w PSU$16.99

    MSI HD4350$35.99

  • jagd1jagd1 Member Posts: 281

    Radeon 4670 is best choose  for vga  if youll not change PSU but if your friend could wait abit new cards coming next month  (radeon 4750 and 4770  ) 4770 will sell for 99$ ,4750 will be around 80-90 i guess

     

    www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx  

     

    edit :Newegg link added

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