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frustrated123   05-13-2009 at 04:55:54 AM

Can anyone suggest a graphic card I can use in my 300 watt Inspiron 530, 2.93 ghz w/ 4gb of ram?

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jaguarskx   05-13-2009 at 05:03:37 AM
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HD 4670

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megamanx00   05-13-2009 at 05:15:55 AM
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If you care to try it out, the Radeon 4670. Of course if your PSU is really aged and/or crappy then you could easily blow it. If you want to take a safer route then the next best thing would be an nVidia 9500GT.

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AKM880   05-13-2009 at 05:20:07 AM
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Its the 530 for sure right? Because there are 2 models, 530, 530s (slimline)

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frustrated123   05-13-2009 at 05:30:56 AM
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Thanks for the info. Yes it is a Inspiron 530, not the 530S. Dell made a mistake on my order and put in the wrong graphic card. Thus my inquiry to ultimately buy my own card and install. I got stuck with the Integrated accelerator 3100. I need something better that won't blow up my system.

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AKM880   05-13-2009 at 06:07:09 AM
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The 4650 is a really nice card for low profile computers. I wish I had one lol :(

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frustrated123   05-15-2009 at 05:49:04 AM
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megamanx00 wrote :

If you care to try it out, the Radeon 4670. Of course if your PSU is really aged and/or crappy then you could easily blow it. If you want to take a safer route then the next best thing would be an nVidia 9500GT.



Thank you for the info. However, you made an interesting point I thought, If the system is old/aged I may have an issue but, this system that I want to upgrade is one I just bought 3 weeks ago and runs 2.93 ghz with 4gb of ram and (which I guess we already know has a slot for a PCI Express card. Does that change, in your opinon the ability of my system to handle this 4670 card you mention. And one last item, if my system is a 300 watt, and the card I buy requires a minimum of 300 watts, am I going to be overworking/overheating my system? Thanks for any info.

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