Low Profile Graphics Card

[RajivPatel]

Basically I have an old DELL C521 and I want to get a new graphics card WITHOUT getting a new power supply.

I believe the standard one is 280w?

Would My computer be able to handle this?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11168-30-20G-5670-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B004L2K8ZA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1310333109&sr=1-3

Thanks in Advance.

 

[RajivPatel]

Basically I have an old DELL C521 and I want to get a new graphics card WITHOUT getting a new power supply.

I believe the standard one is 280w?

Would My computer be able to handle this?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11168-30-20G-5670-GDDR5-Graphics/dp/B004L2K8ZA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1310333109&sr=1-3

Prince range is really £50-£80
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY:6150LE Standard and standard 280w Power supply.

USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Low end gaming, Guild wars and Guild wars 2 when it comes out. Would like good frame rate in GW2, TF2, Cod's Starcraft

Preferred website buy site: Amazon UK


Thanks in Advance.

 

[The Halo Don]

You probably couldnt go above a 5450 with that Powersupply, but you could probably get away with a 5570 which is a lot stronger.

5450:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11166-01-20R-5450-512MB-Graphics/dp/B0036DD4CY/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1310335699&sr=1-2

5570:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11167-04-20R-5570-DDR3-Graphics/dp/B0037NYGM0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310335653&sr=8-1

 

[RajivPatel]

NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE [Display adapter]
LG W1943 [Monitor]
2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
64-bit ready
Windows 7 Enterprise
HDD:250Gb

 

[The Halo Don]

Dont know why you are telling me specs again...

 

[nukemaster]

RajivPatel, the first card you link is NOT low profile.

the 5570 would be on the safe side. Not what i would call high end. But GW games tend to scale back well anyway.

Starcraft is more cpu limited then anything.

You could push for more if you know that psu has the power on its 12 volt rails, but I have no clue the specs dell gives that thing.

 

[xerb]

I could easily run a Radeon 5570 1GB with a power supply with only 220w.

 

[RajivPatel]

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