I have a DELL Dimension C521 (yes the slimline one), with an ATI X1300 Pro graphics card.
Like many others, I didn't realise when I made my purchase that I'd be limited on choice for graphics card upgrades.
My real question is what is the very best 'low profile' graphics card available ?
I purchased an HD 2400 Pro from ebuyer but that turned our to be half the speed of my X1300, despite all the boast about DX10, Shader model 4 and HD ready. My Vista gaming score dropped from 4.2 to 4.0 and other graphics testing utilities showed a significant drop in fps on 3D graphics. So I sent it back.
The 8600GT is the most powerful low profile card, behind that probably the 8500GT by MSI and then the X1650Pro. The 8600GT is at least good enough to play current games, although not at high settings.
Get the 8600GT it's the best you can do at the present time.
You psu is fine. 700w psu for a 8600GT would be way overkill.
8600GT = 300w@18amps
Message edited by kpo6969 on 03-30-2008 at 08:31:02 AM
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