Gforce615 upgrade help

Johnny Williams · Apr 15, 2014

I have an emachine E116107 running Windows Vista An AMD athlon X2 4050e processor,3GB memory and the GeForce 615se nForce 430 graphics card....I the only game i currently play is rFactor and the performance sux. I have every graphic turned down and my frame rate is only about 30...What video card upgrade could i make to make? That would run on this system? Would a memory increase help? thanks in advance for any help!

clutchc · Apr 15, 2014

I can't find that emachine model. Are you sure you typed the number correctly?
If the machine is a low profile slim line, you will need a low profile card. If not, you can use a full size card. So that is the first thing we have to determine.

Deemo13 · Apr 15, 2014

clutchc :

Try Emachines E1161-07

The good news is that you at least have a dual core. More good news is that you are able to put in a modern graphics card!

The bad news is that you might need a new power supply to run some cards (SOME) and your processor, while a dual core, is still aged.

Granted, I have an even older Athlon 64 X2 4600+, one of the first dual cores ever. It still plays games like League of Legends and other games just great.

Do you have a budget for the upgrade?

Johnny Williams · Apr 16, 2014

sorry guys it Model ET 1161-07....I play just rFactor and like i said i can play now. Just not well....I was looking around and figured something like this would even be a big improvement over what i have..
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/geforce-210-graphic-card-589-mhz-core-1-gb-ddr3-sdram-pci-express-2-0-x16-low-profile/1309606696.p?id=mp1309606696&skuId=1309606696&st=categoryid$pcmcat182300050008&cp=7&lp=15#tab=specifications
but i really dont know what i'm looking at...lol

Deemo13 · Apr 16, 2014

I would not recommend that card. That card is a very slow card that is generally used for computers that serve as "media centers" so they are hooked up to the television and play videos etc. They are not really suited for games.

You are going to want a little more of a graphics card to be able to play any games on your computer. Do you have a starting budget? Something like this would be a very very good upgrade for your computer:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500308

That GPU meets the minimum requirement of almost every game on the market today. Most games market the minimum requirement for their games to be a Nvidia 8800GT. This GPU is just as fast as one of those.

Johnny Williams · Apr 16, 2014

my frame rates sucks at about 35 with the geforce 615se... rFactor requires a minimum of a Geforce4 4200 or Radeon 9200......
The card u suggest i would also need to up grade my power supply no? how big of a performance upgrade would i see if i went with a 1GB card? if any? Thanks
Would one of theses be an upgrade over what i have??
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/geforce-gt-610-2gb-ddr3-pci-express-2-0-graphics-card/9526059.p?id=1219020243864&skuId=9526059&st=categoryid$pcmcat182300050008&cp=1&lp=1#tab=specifications
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/geforce-gt-610-2gb-ddr3-pci-express-2-0-graphics-card/5608231.p?id=1218672938148&skuId=5608231&st=categoryid$pcmcat182300050008&cp=2&lp=12

Deemo13 · Apr 16, 2014

A power supply upgrade is always a good idea for reliability purposes.

You would hardly see any improvement with either of the cards you just listed. Unless you have BestBuy credit to spend (which is usually better spent), I would not choose a video card from BestBuy as they are usually ridiculously overpriced. Unless you cannot order online I would recommend choosing something from the website above; they have a good selection of computer-specific parts.

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