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Short whats the difference? Do i need diiferent hardware? And if yes to the last question will my motherboard support it its a MS-7502
 
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You could get a 660 Ti but you might want to just stick with the 660 and start saving for a CPU and motherboard upgrade, I guess at that price difference it really doesnt matter, but you wont see much of a performance gain with either unless you upgrade your CPU.
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Some lower end GPUs are only 1 slot tall due to less heat and simpler cooling. Here's a single slot card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131481

And here's a dual slot card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969

Dual slot cards usually have better cooling, and it's not always specific to a GPU model, as both of those are 7750's. Your board would be compatible with any card, though your case may not.
 
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GTX 650 TI Boost ($150-180) ; HD 7790 ($130-160) ; GTX 660 ($179-210). To know it if will fit your case, you'll have to take the measurements of the card you choose, and compare all the dimensions to your case relative to the PCI-E slot you're installing the card in to.

EDIT: Those prices are CAD/USD so for Euros you could probably afford a HD 7870 or a special addition GTX 660 with factory-overclock.
 
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Do you have a full tower case? Some more compact dell cases support only low profile cards, in which case, you would need something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202002

@ 1080p a GTX 660 would be very impressive, though with your motherboard being only LGA 775, you will have some CPU bottleneck with almost any new Graphics card, I'd recommend upgrading to a more capable motherboard if you intyend to play games.
 
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Good picture, though bear in mind, in most cases, though the rear IO for that GPU fits in a single slot configuration, that's still considered a dual slot GPU, as the cooler is two slots tall.
 
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What's your model number on your PC? Could you link to it or link to a picture? Here's an example of what I'm talking about:
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Yeah, so you would probably be fine with a dual slot card such as a GTX 660, which I'd recommend at that price, or a 7870, whichever is cheaper in your area. You'll get some bottleneck in game from your CPU for sure, but games will still run alright if that's what you plan on doing.
 
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That card is very strong, and in GPU intensive games it would perform well, but your CPU would really bottleneck it in CPU intensive games. Check out this thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/344184-28-q6600-modern-graphics-cards

I'd get a 660 non Ti and save up for a cheap upgrade to an older generation of i5 CPU's from Intel, or you could go with AMD's Piledriver/ Bulldozer architechtures, either way, it'd be worth the upgrade.
 
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i thought about going with the amd fx 8350 but its good really bad rewievs vs the i5 3570k so idk what to do.
and i have got a 550W psu is that going to be enough and i wont need to upgrade
and im really desperate of upgrading my gpu becouse i have got the geforce 9500gs
and its total crap
 
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If you can afford an i5 3570k, that's the better CPU, so I'd buy that, or an i5 4670k and a z87 board. If not, an 8350 is a very capable CPU, especially when overclocked. What brand of PSU do you have? 550 watts would be enough for a 660 or 660Ti.
 
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Sorry to beat a dead horse, but the card on the left is technically a single slot. The cooler itself should always face one direction on the mobo. So if you have 2 of those cards in 2 adjacent PCI-E slots, they will each only take up 1 slot at the back of the PC. But I do agree with part of what you're inferring. Some cases are so small that they still will not fit a "single-slot"GPU. Case-in-point, my Acer AX-3470 that I use as a HTPC will not for the life of it fit any GPU worth using.
 
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You could get a 660 Ti but you might want to just stick with the 660 and start saving for a CPU and motherboard upgrade, I guess at that price difference it really doesnt matter, but you wont see much of a performance gain with either unless you upgrade your CPU.
 
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