I have a 1 & 1/2 year old dell inspiron 531 with AMD athlon 64 x2dual core processor 4000+ 210 ghz, 1gb ram, 32 bit operating system, and i think 300 watt power supply. I know this isnt a gaming computer but i was wondering if by putting a decent graphics card in it i could play medium to higher level games, but first i need to know if the graphics card will work in my pc. If so should i get the 512mb or 1gb? thanks.
The 4670 will not run in your computer, it requires a minimum of 400W power supply. The best card you can run on 300W is probably the nvidia 8500GT. 300W is not very much power for a good card, if you want decent graphics it is a good idea to get a high quality 450W/550W+ PSU first.
Dell power supplies are good units with plenty of juice where it is needed and we have had plenty of Dell owners with similar-and the same-spec as you asking the same question.
And they get the same anwser: It will be fine.
If you are in doubt, go for the HD4650, but try to find GDDR3 versions, they are faster than the GDDR2 units.
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