Help for a vid card upgrade. Inspirion 546 slimline.

[tanglefish]

I looking for an upgrade for my Inspirion 546s (the slimline). Looking to run Star Wars: The Old Republic, and Rift. I can run World of Warcraft with zero issues but I tend to be super laggy in the other two. Any thoughts. I am currently running 8gb of ram and the stock vid card.

 

[jessterman21]

What is the stock vid card, an HD 5450 or a 4350?

Either way, this is the best card that will fit in your system - it will work fine with your stock PSU, and it will run those games well on med-high settings depending on your resolution.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102958

 

[tanglefish]

stock is HD 3200

 

[refillable]

Is the PSU 300W? If yes, get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102958

If no, get a new slim PSU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151090

If you don't want, what is your PSU?

 

[Vettedude]

That card that Jessterman posted is the best one for your case.

 

[tanglefish]

what is the easiest way to check my PSU with out opening up the system?

 

[refillable]

Check out the specification page on your particular system... But the best way is open your case...

 

[Vettedude]

what is the easiest way to check my PSU with out opening up the system?

Opening up would be the easiest. I have its older, bigger brother (Studio 540s) and it had a 250w PSU (before I moved it to a new case and put a new 500w PSU in it)

 

[tanglefish]

sure enough 250W

 

[jessterman21]

That will run the HD 6670 nicely. By the way, what CPU do you have? That may be a limiting factor in Rift and SWTOR.

 

[jessterman21]

stock is HD 3200

Nice - I rocked those integrated graphics for a year. Played Halo and Portal at 30fps. Last year I upgraded to an HD 5670 and I LOVED it until this year when I decided I wanted to play Crysis 1&2.

 

[tanglefish]

AMD Phenom 8450e tri-core processor

 

[jessterman21]

AMD Phenom 8450e tri-core processor

You're good.

Tho you may consider a Phenom II X4 925 - should be compatible with your mobo and its latest BIOS. I'd get one myself if I wasn't doing a new build next year.

 

[tanglefish]

Best answer selected by tanglefish.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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