Hardware choices to upgrade Dell Inspiron 580

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I have an Inspiron 580 and need to add a DVI socket. I would like to upgrade my graphics card and am looking at an EVGA GF GT 610 1GB DDR3 or MSI GeForce 210 Silent / Low Profile 1GB GDDR3.

I believe I will need to upgrade the psu and have looked at a Corsair Builder Series CXM 500W Modular 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX/EPS PSU.

Is this a fair choice or should I be looking at something else?
 
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GPUs are generally for added processing power rather than raw resolution. Check the software that you use and the suggested hardware specs, that will let you know if the software has any GPU acceleration at all, and what brand is suggested (AMD or nVidia) as most software is optimized for one or the other. You would be amazed at how much software is CPU only... even programs like Adobe Premiere only supports GPU accelerations on very specific features and workflows... such a pain.
That being said, a passive card like a G210 or 610 is going to be good for hooking up multiple displays... not so good for actually doing any heavy lifting. Again, check the software websites and forums to get an idea for suggested parts. I put a passive...
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Assuming your 580 is not a SFF (Small Form Factor) then yes, pick your GPU, check the power requirements, check your PSU to make sure that it will work, and then upgrade that if needed. Note that a lot of those passively cooled units do not need extra power so you may not need to upgrade the power supply.
 
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Both the cards you mentioned suck and only good enough for basic work.

Had a quick look at Dell community website an dthey have said the 300w psu that you have in the system works ok with an AMD 7750, which will blow those cards away, again get a low profile model.

If you can't get a 7750, then the R7 240 will also work well, but a little slower and uses even less power and low profile.

With either card, make sure you get GDDR5 and not the DDR3 model, better memory performance.
 
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Is it the standard model or slim model? What types of games do you intend to play? For a standard model, you can install an XFX TS 550w PSU, which should work with most single NVIDIA graphics cards. A GT 610 is not much of a gaming graphics card at all; you should be able to play games like Battlefield 3, CS: GO, and Skyrim on high settings with a GTX 750. For recent games like Far Cry 4, Shadow of Mordor, and Dragon Age: Inquisition, you'll need a better graphics card, such as a GTX 760.
 
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The PC is a mini tower so I should be OK with a full low profile graphics card. I'll take a look at all the suggested cards but mainly I want to use my 27" Apple monitor to do high level graphics work. Limited need for gaming but useful for the kids!
Thanks for all suggestions.
 
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GPUs are generally for added processing power rather than raw resolution. Check the software that you use and the suggested hardware specs, that will let you know if the software has any GPU acceleration at all, and what brand is suggested (AMD or nVidia) as most software is optimized for one or the other. You would be amazed at how much software is CPU only... even programs like Adobe Premiere only supports GPU accelerations on very specific features and workflows... such a pain.
That being said, a passive card like a G210 or 610 is going to be good for hooking up multiple displays... not so good for actually doing any heavy lifting. Again, check the software websites and forums to get an idea for suggested parts. I put a passive 620 in my work computer so that I could run 3 displays (one onboard, and 2 on the GPU) and even with that the crappy onboard Intel GPU was actually better than the GPU which was kind of sad. Still, the motherboard only had one display output, so I didn't have many options.
 
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