Pentium D bottleneck?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Hi In. From my research i see that the card is a PCI-Express card and therefore you can pick up a few of the more modern graphics cards online, as i suggested in a earlier forum try looking out for the GT 2 series start at the GT210 as i know you can get these guys in small form factor also look out for Nvidia GT430 there newer range of products.

Wrong on most points.
The 5670 totally KILLS the G210, really everything does  
It also slaughters teh G220 and beats the g240 by a respectable margin.
The GT 430 is the worst price/perf card ever created by mankind. (Just saying)
You can look into the 5570, 5670, or the GT 240.
Anything else will cuase a bottleneck. Any Radeon 5 series gives DirectX11 and any Nvidia 4xx or 5xx series also gives DirectX11

I am sure that the video cards that you mentioned will cause a bottleneck. This is a 5 year old CPU here. I can only use DX9, so I don't care about the most recent video cards.

Yeah, I know  
I myself have a Pentium D 935 with 1GB of RAM  
I have a 9600GSO in da rig. THere is little to no bottleneck.

if youre scared get the 5570 is a very solid card for a great price.

The problem is with my PSU. It is 350W. I need a video card that has somewhat better performance but uses the same amount of energy.

Don't get me wrong there is bound to be some bottleneck but it is still a great card.

A WHOLE test system with that video card draws about 125watts!
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2935/13

That cpu alone draw more than 90w at stock but you will be ok with a Low profile 5450 and it will do just fine.

I might try the 5450. I am not sure if the slot for the x300 will work for the 5450 though.

What do you mean?
Don't you have a PCI-E slot?
@nforce4max I know this might sound strange but i had my whole rig running with a 300 watt OEM PSU.
THe rig was:
Pentium D 935
250GB SATA II HDD
9600GSO 1.5GB   DDR2
1GB RANDOM RAM
3 FANS
DVD Burner
so yeah

I got a 550w unit with a GTX460, a cpu that is drawing just under 100w, and 6 hard drives alongside 11 fans.

The 5450 will work just fine as it used the same slot as the x300. I had a x300 se once and it was the worst pci-e card that I have ever had. Power draw is slightly higher but you wont notice and there is only one thing that might spoil things but that is rare. Performance wise it should blow you away.

Yeah but the thing is that the 5450 is not a gaming card by any stretch of imagination not even at 640*480.

I have gamed on less, try a 2400 pro and manged better res. If he/she wants a true gaming rig then don't buy low profile systems to begin with.

I guess, but still a 5570 would be better.

Um... where did we even mension what card it was othrer then a 300X? Please point out then.

Heres a quick revieiw on the 5570 vs the GTS 430
http://www.guruht.com/2010/10/geforce-gt-430-vs-radeon-...

What? Sorry, I can't comprehend. What are you asking?

LOL just asking where we decided what ATI card we where comparing, as i did not see anything posted by inhuman? the ATI 5670? i was comparing small form factor to an ATI 300X? is that correct? or else im really confused! =)

We were not comparing anything i was just saying that the G210 really sux.
And the GT430 is only viable if you have a 3D HTPC.