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Hi!

Hope to get some help to find a low profile graphic card to my DELL Optiplex GX620, 2PCI and 1 PCI Express 16x slot available. Primary not used fore gaming but my son wants to play multiplayer from time to time. No need for monster performance!

Tried to play Dawn of War but the video test complains about T&M (Transform & Lightning) for the built in graphic card.

How do I now that a graphic card supports T&M?
Any graphic card suggestion would be nice!

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ahh try XFX 8600 GT !!
good for low profile
costs only 50-60 dollars
can run burnout paradise on high (experienced it)
so it will b gud enough for multiplayer...

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when you mentioned low profile did you mean that you have slim case for your dell? if so then you might want to get something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

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Message edited by renz496 on 09-26-2009 at 12:08:43 PM

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Nawal_23d wrote :

ahh try XFX 8600 GT !!
good for low profile
costs only 50-60 dollars
can run burnout paradise on high (experienced it)
so it will b gud enough for multiplayer...

Tanks, but I do not find any card in that series in my stores. How ever, the 9600 GT series are available. Could not be worse?

renz496 wrote :

when you mentioned low profile did you mean that you have slim case for your dell? if so then you might want to get something like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] -_-Product

Yes, slim case is probably another word fore the same thing.

Forgotten to say that the power supply is on 270W. Will there be a limit in what card I choose because of that?

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270W sucks and so does "slim line", you'll be lucky if you can get any card to work at all, there is a 300W slim line PSU for sale that can support a HD 4650 or 9600GT Low Profile if they fit in your case, that's the best you're gonna get.

Don't buy a slim line if you ever plan on upgrading anything!

Message edited by Gulli on 09-26-2009 at 04:26:02 PM

------------------------------ CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @3.2Ghz, MOBO: Asus P6T SE, RAM: 3x 2gb OCZ Platinum OCZ3P1600LV6GK, GPU: Sapphire HD 5870, PSU: Corsair HX520W, HDD: Seagate ST31000528AS 1Tb 32mb, COOLER: Scythe Mugen (S775 version), CASE: Coolermaster CM690
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its going to be hard for that psu. but i can't be certain for that since i don't really know how well DELL psu are.

Reply to renz496

Tanks for all tips! I visited the local store and they told me that the T&M support almost never is supported by built in graphic cards. But this card does, ASUS EAH3450, and its works just fine for me. The Dawn of War game is now playable with "good enough" settings .

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avozetta wrote :

That's one poor excuse for a graphics card, but at least it beats integrated graphics...

Message edited by Gulli on 10-03-2009 at 05:29:15 PM

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