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Hello,
I have a inspiron 580s it has intel hd graphics which i know swtor wont run at all with it so im wondering is there a good graphics card i can buy that will be better than the one i have cause atm im only gettin about 8 fps on avg.
the power supply is 250watts and i can be hardly upgrade able to 300watt
any good card on avg of 60 to 70 dollars would be nice
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I'm not entirely sure with what you want - we gave you our recommendations and showed you that the total consumption of the system should be in the 150-170W range. Is 150-170W less than 250W?

No one here can guarantee that you will have zero issues - any time you open the case something could happen. Any time you deal with hardware, something could happen. The card could be DOA. You could have a faulty PSU that's only putting out half of what's on the label. Your PCI-e slot could be broken/your mobo could be faulty (since you've never used it before). You could forget to ground yourself and short the board when you touch it. There was even a guy on here once who, instead of...
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yea i need a low profile and 250watt the minimum req for swtor are

Processor:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz or better
Operating System:
Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later
RAM:

Windows XP: 1.5GB RAM
Windows Vista and Windows 7: 2GB RAM
Note: PCs using a built-in graphical chipset are recommended to have 2GB of RAM.

Star Wars: The Old Republic requires a video card that has a minimum of 256MB of on-board RAM as well as support for Shader 3.0 or better. Examples include:

ATI X1800 or better
nVidia 7800 or better
Intel 4100 Integrated Graphics or better
 
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i have been looking on the forums and the hd 5570 or 4650 will work on a 220watt and i have a 250watt just want to make sure i dont make a huge mistake or what anyother low profile i could get

here are my specs

intel i3 core cpu 540@3.07GHz
RAM 4gb
intel HD graphics
win7 64bit
 
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Hi. What kind of resolution are you using? 1920x1080? 1680x1050?
according to this http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/star-wars-gaming-tests-review,3087-4.html article from tom's hardware 5570 should do the job at 1680x1050 even at 1920x1080.

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Now if you want to play with better eyecandy you need a 5770 or 550ti which means an other psu.

Generally by means of power consumption and performance (and price :p), 5570 is a great choice.

54$ and after rebates 44$ 5570 on newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131342
 
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ok i just found out that ebay sells a replacment PSU for the 580s inspiron

http://www.ebay.com/itm/260701795133?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_2102wt_1164

and this card (or any other good card for 300watt and on that price range)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380377197392?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_3198wt_1397

now i need to know if this will be good for swtor on 1600x900 on mid or low settings


@edit and if it will be better than the Intel HD graphics
 
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This is your best bet Radeon HD 6750 http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161395
 
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