I have a Dell 8400 Dimension 3.0 ghz video upgrade

[dghyatt55]

Hello,
I am no running a 8400 GS 512mb video card in my Dell dimension 8400 3.0 ghz pentium 4. Is there any thing faster for this motherboard or is the 8400 gs video card the end of the road for this PCI express 16 slot MB

 

[dghyatt55]

I can upgrade the power supply I have a good 500 watt power supply in one of my other computers I could put in the Dell Dimension 8400

 

[Deemo13]

What is the definition of a "good" power supply? What is the brand?

Even on that power supply, the furthest you could go is probably about a 5670 until the video card would bottleneck (more or less outpace the processor). The 5670 is a very good budget card and won't cost you much.

 

[dghyatt55]

What is the definition of a "good" power supply? What is the brand?

Even on that power supply, the furthest you could go is probably about a 5670 until the video card would bottleneck (more or less outpace the processor). The 5670 is a very good budget card and won't cost you much.

The brand cooler is a Thermaltake 500 Thanks for your tip about the 5670

 

[Deemo13]

Thermaltake is a good brand, and you can run alot of stuff off of it, yet you might not want to go higher, since the CPU would bottleneck the GPU. The 5670 (6670 is the same, badge engineering) is probably the highest you can go.

 

[dghyatt55]

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