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hcheng   10-16-2009 at 07:34:43 AM

I'm thinking of buying the Gateway SX2800-03 computer to use as a HTPC. I would like to upgrade the graphics card.

The specs are as follows:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200
4GB 800MHz DDR3 memory
640GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
220W PSU

The chassis is a small form factor design.
There is 1 PCI-E x16 slot available.

Please see http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668271.php for more details.

I was wondering what would be the most powerful small form factor graphics card that would still work for a 220W PSU? Thank you very much for your help!


Message edited by hcheng on 10-16-2009 at 07:39:54 AM
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If you are just using it as a HTPC only upgrade if it's not performing adequately. If you want to game some a low profile HD4650 is the best card that will probably work with that PSU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102829
That case looks very small however. Depending on how the innards of the computer are arranged you may have problems with the length of the card so opening it up and measuring before hand is probably a wise choice.
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Twoboxer   10-16-2009 at 09:30:34 AM

Whatever graphics comes on your motherboard.

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hcheng   10-16-2009 at 09:58:42 AM

Would the HD 4650 or HD 4670 work?

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Bronze Graphics badge jyjjy   10-16-2009 at 10:00:16 AM
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If you are just using it as a HTPC only upgrade if it's not performing adequately. If you want to game some a low profile HD4650 is the best card that will probably work with that PSU.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102829
That case looks very small however. Depending on how the innards of the computer are arranged you may have problems with the length of the card so opening it up and measuring before hand is probably a wise choice.

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hcheng   10-19-2009 at 07:34:29 AM

Could someone please tell me how this card compares to the one suggested by jyjjy? It is also a 4650, but it has 1 GB of memory (versus 512 MB). Does that mean it's better?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121340

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Bronze Graphics badge jyjjy   10-19-2009 at 01:20:24 PM

No, it's not better. An HD4650 isn't nearly powerful enough to make any use of the extra memory.
What WOULD make a difference is if you could find a DDR3 version of the card but sadly those seem almost non-existent these days. The only one I see still available is regular size, AGP, and also rather expensive.

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hcheng   10-20-2009 at 05:49:55 AM

I've placed an order for the Sapphire Radeon HD 4650. Thanks for your help, jyjjy.

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Bronze Graphics badge jyjjy   10-20-2009 at 12:32:41 PM

No problem. I hope it fits in that thing.

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