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Dell XPS 400 w/ HD 4670 1G any possible upgrades?

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Hey just as the title says I've got a Dell XPS 400 with a Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit GDDR3(VisionTek if it matters) and was wondering on my power supply (which is the factory stock 375w ps) if I could run anything better. I've read in a few places that Dell underrates their power supply's. Anyways any help would be great. I bought this card well over a year ago and was just curious as to whether or not I could find anything better.

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An ATI 4770 could very likely be able to run with your Powersupply.

Its a far superior card to the 4670.

Reply to Noobster15

You PSU can run a HD 4850 easy...But have seen people pushing it by running HD 4870 too...But that is not much advisable...
http://en.community.dell.com/forum [...] 00564.aspx
And about the last post in the above thread, the HD 4890 is a revised 4870 but it draws more power than the HD 4870...

Reply to gkay09

not sure about your card but i bought my xps 400 with a 1900 xtx and a 375 watt power supply. after a year my card burned out because the card needed at least 500 watts. i verified this through ati and made dell replace my card even though my warranty expired the week before. i have to say they did upgrade me to the 1950 xtx but did not upgrade my power supply so i bought one. visiontek site states you need a 400 Watt or greater power supply but it also matters what else you have running on your pc taking power add on cards etc

Reply to VodKa420

Do you think a Dell xps 400 with an upgraded PSU (to whatever), be able to use a eVGA GeForce GTX 260? Or what would you think could be run best, for gaming for such games such as Red Faction Guerrilla, Crisis, Fallout 3, etc... High end graphic games, and be able to run on The highest detail without too slow of framerate? I am looking to upgrade to at least a 550 or higher ps, and was wondering what is the best graphics card, that could fit and work just fine?

Reply to RichDaMan

a power supply upgrade is recommended but chosing a graphics card depends on you screen resolution

Reply to obsidian86

@ Anonymous: Either the HD4850 or GTS250 would be a safe choice, and a useful upgrade. For anything more powerful I would strongly advise getting a more powerful PSU: Antec, Pc Power and Cooling, OCZ, Seasonic, Corsair and FSP all come highly recommended.
@ RichDaMan: Start your own threads, hijacking others is d**n rude!

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Reply to coozie7

coozie7 wrote :

@ Anonymous: Either the HD4850 or GTS250 would be a safe choice, and a useful upgrade. For anything more powerful I would strongly advise getting a more powerful PSU: Antec, Pc Power and Cooling, OCZ, Seasonic, Corsair and FSP all come highly recommended.
@ RichDaMan: Start your own threads, hijacking others is d**n rude!




Uh, sorry it was on the same topic and I thought people would respond here quicker than if I started my own thread, plus this is a few weeks old. So cry a little bit??

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