Looking to upgrade video card

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Hi. I currently have a ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT, and I just got steam and installed payday 2. Not a very pleasant experience... Anyways, I was looking for a decent graphics card that can play it at medium settings. I am worried about killing my system. I know how to take the video card out, but I don't know which one's fit and which one's don't, so I created a tom's hardware account!

Any help appreciated, and I will do my best to answer all questions.

My PC specs, via Performance Information and Tools

Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Model OptiPlex 755
Total amount of system memory 4.00 GB RAM
System type 32-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 2
64-bit capable Yes

Storage
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Total size of hard disk(s) 1164 GB
Disk partition (C:) 73 GB Free (233 GB Total)
Media drive (D:) CD/DVD
Media drive (E:) CD/DVD
Disk partition (F:) 613 GB Free (931 GB Total)

Graphics
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Display adapter type ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT (Microsoft Corporation WDDM 1.1)
Total available graphics memory 1662 MB
Dedicated graphics memory 256 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 1406 MB
Display adapter driver version 8.56.1.15
Primary monitor resolution 1680x1050
DirectX version DirectX 10

Network
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Network Adapter Intel(R) 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection

 
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HumdrumPenguin
First of all, you need to check the rest of your system. What's your cpu? By what I see, it's probably an old one. If you get a medium range vga (graphic card) you'll need something around a 450w psu. You need to be sure too that your cpu won't bottleneck it, but by changing your cpu you'll need to change your motherboard, and by doing it, if your memory ram is still ddr2, you'll need to upgrade to ddr3. Veredict? I'd really consider getting a completely new rig. No dell, just build yourself a rig. If you lack the knowledge to do so, people here in the forum will be glad to help you out.
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First of all, you need to check the rest of your system. What's your cpu? By what I see, it's probably an old one. If you get a medium range vga (graphic card) you'll need something around a 450w psu. You need to be sure too that your cpu won't bottleneck it, but by changing your cpu you'll need to change your motherboard, and by doing it, if your memory ram is still ddr2, you'll need to upgrade to ddr3. Veredict? I'd really consider getting a completely new rig. No dell, just build yourself a rig. If you lack the knowledge to do so, people here in the forum will be glad to help you out.
 
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Upgrade everything? As in upgrading my RAM, GPU, and Hard drive? Because that's all I really know how to do right now lol. I can add another hard drive though. (2 slots)
 
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Ooookay, I'll see what I can do. I have to make do with the one I have right now though :/. I will look into building a new one soon.
 
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Indeed, I really think it would be a waste to spend any money on your current computer since whatever new you get will need another upgrade, and so on and on. In the end you'll have changed basically everything but the hard drive (though it would be a waste in sticking to sata 2 since sata 3 is way faster on sequencial read/write, and a new mobo would provide sata 3 connections, which your current HD wouldn't be able to make use of).

 
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