I have an older Dell XPS 400 and will be upgrading to Windows 7 from Windows XP and need to upgrade my video Card to handle it. I'm looking at the AMD Radeon HD 5450 (I'm not a gamer at all) but they say the HD 5450 requires a 400 watt power supply, mine is only a 375 watt. Will it work without changing the psu or will I blow something up? Thanks in advance for your help.
Graphic Card Upgrade/Power Supply
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hang-the-9
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Before you start buying stuff, post the full specs of the system. CPU, RAM and current video card.
Dell XPS 400 Pentium D Processor 820 Dual Core Technology (2.80Ghz, 800FSB)
OS: Windows XP (upgrading to Windows 7)
3 GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM @ 533 MHz-2DIMMs
Video Card: 128MB PCI Express x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X300 SE Hypermemory
Do I need to post any more info? Let me know.
They tell me there is no driver upgrade for the video card installed.
OS: Windows XP (upgrading to Windows 7)
3 GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM @ 533 MHz-2DIMMs
Video Card: 128MB PCI Express x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X300 SE Hypermemory
Do I need to post any more info? Let me know.
They tell me there is no driver upgrade for the video card installed.
Dell XPS 400 Pentium D Processor 820 Dual Core Technology (2.80Ghz, 800FSB)
OS: Windows XP (upgrading to Windows 7)
3 GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM @ 533 MHz-2DIMMs
Video Card: 128MB PCI Express x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X300 SE Hypermemory
Do I need to post any more info? Let me know.
They tell me there is no driver upgrade for the video card installed
haider95
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Hmm it doesn't matter what your integrated gpu is.. Most likely its a GMA965 or x4500 which are very weak even when compared to your installed graphics card.. As for your main issue. The HD5450 barely requires any power at all.. it consumes 4w at idle and 30w at peak which is basically nothing compared to higher end gpu's so you won't have any problems with running any graphic cards that dont require a exta pci express power connector. GPU's you should consider if you're not gaming- HD6450- HD6570 (Will let you play games at lower resolutions and isn't too above the HD6450's price) GT610. Any of these GPU's will run fine on your system with plenty of power suppy headroom.
smeezekitty
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There is no way in the world that 5450 needs a 400w PSU. It takes like 25W at max load.
A 7750 would run fine on your PSU. AMD is just poor on their recommendations.
A 7750 would run fine on your PSU. AMD is just poor on their recommendations.
Thanks Smeezekitty & haider95...you both answered my question and very quickly. I didn't know this forum was here and was banging my head around the internet ALL day looking for an answer. Dell was no help at all. I was worried the box might catch on fire or something. LOL
Shows you what I know. Any reason not to run the HD5450? Again thanks for the help, appreciate it.
As haider95 said
"Also, you can upgrade to windows 7 right now with your current gpu but know this.. Windows 7 drivers for that GPU may not be so easy to find and Win7 aero won't perform optimally and fluidly with a weak gpu"
Can't locate a driver upgrade anywhere for my GPU.
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