Dell XPS 625 - Video Card Upgrades?

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OK, just realized how old my 625 is, but do want to upgrade my video cards. I currently have the RADEON HD 4800 series(x2)(crossfire)Except for changing my Hard Drive and using Windows 7 instead of vista. My system is all original DELL. How high of an upgrade can I go? My system works great but am starting to see limitations with some of the newer games. I use a HD TV as a monitor so I am set at 1920x1080p.

I don't think I am confined to an AMD card. but the system is a Dell Factory AMD PHENOM II X$ 940 Processor 3.00GHz, 8gig mem, 64 Bit.

I was originally informed that RADEON HD 7770s' would TOP out what my "classic" system can handle. I have come across 1 GIG and 2 GIG memory type cards(about 35-50 dollar difference). Will the memory make that much of a difference with crossfire? Also, can anyone confirm that system memory for my configuration is topped out at 8 GIG as well? Will be incorporating this with my 4k TV. I hope.

Thanks for the help, again.

Frank
 
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If your aiming at 4K you will need a new system, I5 4400 or better and a GPU with 4GB of Vram, I wouldn't go much lower on Vram because titles are starting to eat it up as it is. A R9 270X is a good starter card for 4K.
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It will depend on which 4800 series cards you have now, as far as what would be an improvement. And what the +12V rating is of the PSU. And your budget. But the GTX 960 or R9-280X would probably be all the Phii X4 940 could run w/o major bottleneck.

If you game at 1920x1080 or above, don't go with less than 2GB VRAM.
 
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That Unit has a PFC 750 Watt power supply you could run any card out but I would shy away from picking say a R9 290X and overclocking it as they take to much power. Even if you power supply is outputting 60% of its rated capacity because of age you still will have no issue with any card out. You can also upgrade to any of the Phenom II X4's without dealing with any Bios upgrading but they are kind pricey and hard to find now.
 
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Well my video cards are 4850s' to be specific, have never been overclocked and with any new card I find, I will continue not to, just not worth it to me. As far as buget, I'm trying to keep it under 5 hundred, I figured anymore than that and I would be better off with a new system. Also, does my system have the "horses" to display in 4K(including the video upgrade)? Thanks for the advice, much appreciated
 
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If your aiming at 4K you will need a new system, I5 4400 or better and a GPU with 4GB of Vram, I wouldn't go much lower on Vram because titles are starting to eat it up as it is. A R9 270X is a good starter card for 4K.
 
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Thanks for the time, good information to have. This old DELL of mine has been good to me, I kinda felt it was time to upgrade, especially with 4k becoming more common. I was hoping to use this dell+video card upgrade to become my new Media Center for my 4K TV. Thanks Again.
 
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Unless you are planning on gaming on the HDTV, the old Phenom II X4 and one of the cards I mentioned above will be fine. But if you intend on gaming at 4K (3840 x 2160), you will need more than a simple gfx card upgrade. 4K resolution is going to be more than 4 times the pixels to render per frame than at 1080p.
 
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