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I dont know what graphics card to buy

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October 11, 2014 2:18:20 AM

I have a dell vostro 200, which came with the FoxConn G33M02 mobo, and a 300w PSU. I have upgraded the CPU to the Intel Wolfdale E8200, dual core @ 2.66 GHz. My ram is kinda screwy, for a total of 3gb I have 2x 512mb @ 333 MHz and 1x 2048mb @400 MHz. I plan to upgrade the ram to 4x1GB @ 800MHz once they are delivered. ram is ddr2. Right now upgrading the PSU is out of the question, I just need a video card to play some relatively basic games. Like Prime World from Nival, and once I buy it Guild Wars 2, also Diablo 3

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October 11, 2014 2:33:47 AM

you have a very old setup for high or mid rande GPU BTW what is your budget ?
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October 11, 2014 1:19:57 PM

im trying to spend less than 50 bucks on a card. id like a card thats better then the minimum reqts. playing at max is not necessary. i recently had an 8400gs which was ok for prime world but too slow for anything else. i considered the en 210, but ive seen it freeze up on diablo 3 as well.
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October 11, 2014 2:33:45 PM

at that price your best option is gt 630.

http://www.amazon.com/Zotac-GeForce-Profile-PCI-Express...
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October 12, 2014 9:58:52 PM

Will buy and try it and post back results. Thanks.
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October 13, 2014 3:34:35 AM

you are welcome and sure.
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October 13, 2014 4:03:21 PM

I have read few posts.

your PSU is strong enough for handling a card like gt 630 and you dont need to upgrade the ram for getting a GPU.
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October 15, 2014 12:39:50 PM

prit87 said:
I have read few posts.

your PSU is strong enough for handling a card like gt 630 and you dont need to upgrade the ram for getting a GPU.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/400789293118?_trksid=p2060778.m...

i bought this, my concern is that it says its dual width. i have two white slots on my mobo, and one black that i know is for video cards, that black one has another small black slot thats abt 1/4 the size. can i use it? if i can not use it please point me to a compatible mobo for my vostro 200 that uses the same power supply and also has lga 775 socket with 4 ddr2 slots?
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a b U Graphics card
October 15, 2014 3:10:54 PM

This is what a PCIE slot looks like you can push the GPU in with a little force.

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October 16, 2014 11:15:22 AM

i have only one of those, ang the tiny black port next to it as well. so i take it i cant use that card? wish i had noticed it was dual width first, just did a little more searching, i guess i need one of the (OEM) cards that nvidia offers.
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October 16, 2014 2:15:31 PM

why cant you use the card you just need a PCIE slot for using the card and i think that you have.
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October 16, 2014 2:20:00 PM

i think it might be dual width, i assumed that meant it needed to go into 2 slots
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a b U Graphics card
October 16, 2014 2:23:24 PM


There isn't any card which needs two slots. The dual slot means you need to remove 2 case brackets instead of one.

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