Recommendations for a graphics card for Diablo 3

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Hello,

I just purchased this Dell XPS below, and I plan to play Diablo 3. Do I need to switch out the graphics card? If so, what card would be sufficient AND recommended?

3rd Gen Intel Core i5-3450 processor 3.10 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.50 GHz
8GB DDR3 SDRAM AT 1600MHZ-2x4GB
AMD Radeon HD 7570 1GB GDDR5
2TB SATA 6Gb/s,7200RPM
Viewsonic VX2453MH-LED 24" Widescreen LCD Full HD 1920x1080 resolution
Integrated 7.1 with WAVE MAXXAudio 4
460 Watt PS (90%)
Intel H77 motherboard PCI Express 2.0

Thanks to all in advance.
 
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It will work, trust me. That requirement is for safety precautions for people have have no name power supplies that cannot output their labeled wattage. Dell makes decent power supplies, and it will indeed work with HD6850, I can guarantee it to you. One 6 pin connector may carry 75W of power. That's why GTX 460 would take more people, and I'd recommend at least 500W power supply for it. However, HD 6850 needs only one, so it eats way less power.

Article on no name power supplies:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/low-cost-psu-pc-power-supply,2862-2.html

They just make themselves an insurance because if someone buys a card, and they have the recommended power supply, and it doesn't work, it may give AMD trouble (with returning...
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Can you verify your specs? I can't find any reference to a Radeon HD 7570 Graphics card anywhere on AMD's website. I did see that the Dell XPS is advertised as having this card in some of their systems but I suspect that may be a typo. As far as I know AMD is not making a graphics card of that type. It may actually be a Radeon HD 7750 which would be more than adequate for running Diablo 3. Anyone else have any information on a 7570 card?
 
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OK, well in that case it should be able to run Diablo 3 just fine although you almost certainly would need to keep detail levels fairly low. Read through this article to get a better idea how that card would perform in Diablo 3: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/diablo-iii-performance-benchmark,3195.html

According to that, even a Radeon HD 6670 can maintain playable framerates at 1080p, Highest details, AA enabled. The 6570 was not included but it should perform between the 6670 and the 6450, so at somewhat lowered details it should be fine.
 
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And what would you recommend to play at with the highest details? I'm guessing it would require upgrading the PS? Originally, I was thinking I would be able to find something that works with a 460W PS and does not require lowering the detail levels. It sounds like I was wrong.
 
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I don't believe the Radeon HD 7750 card will work with my chipset, no? The Intel H77 is PCI Express 2.0. I believe both the 7750 and 7770 are PCI Express 3.0, right? I'm a relative novice here, so correct me if I'm wrong.

Any other suggestions?
 
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So, will any of these work with my specs above? I noticed some are 256 bit and some are 192 bit. One is over-clocked, which sounds great but will it suck too much power? Again, I'm clueless.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100006662&IsNodeId=1&Description=gtx%20460%20sli&bop=And&CompareItemList=%2D1%7C14%2D125%2D412%5E14%2D125%2D412%2DTS%2C14%2D130%2D749%5E14%2D130%2D749%2DTS%2C14%2D130%2D750%5E14%2D130%2D750%2DTS%2C14%2D187%2D128%5E14%2D187%2D128%2DTS%2C14%2D130%2D649%5E14%2D130%2D649%2DTS

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100006662&IsNodeId=1&Description=gtx%20460%20sli&bop=And&Order=RATING&PageSize=20
 
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The 256-bit models have lower core clock, shader clock and effective memory clock speeds. Does this make it less attractive than the 192-bit models?
 
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A Dell rep could not provide me the power supply model and specs, so I tried researching on my own. I found this:
Hi,

Welcome to the community

I checked on our parts database and the 460W Power Supply on 8500 is a PFC supply. I think once you have a PFC supply it increases the output power capability. Ideally we all wanted a perfect sinusoidal wave output, but PFC circuits can increase the PF ratio up to 0.98 almost 1.0 (Which is perfect) If you need to get a UPS, thats fine, it adds protection to your computer from any power outages and voltage fluctuations.

Regards,

Elijah

Dell | Social Media Outreach | Global Social Media & Community

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/19448345.aspx

Also found this:
Under the hood is a 460-watt power supply that Dell says is strong enough for up to 225-watt graphics cards. The two-slots-wide Radeon card leaves just two PCIe x1 slots free on the motherboard; an 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth card occupies a Mini PCIe slot.


This MIGHT be it (from a different XPS model):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-XPS-8300-Mini-Tower-460-Watt-Power-Supply-7P3WV-/250985256400?_trksid=p4340.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D15%26pmod%3D320810864439%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8369541093607334895
 
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Sorry for not being more clear, but this is a purchased Dell that has not yet arrived to my home. It is in the production stage.
 
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OH that's the case.. Then I'd suggest going with HD 6850, just to be safe. GTX 460 requires 500 W power supply with 2 6-pin power connectors, and DELL PSU will probably not have them. HD 6850 requires only 1 6-pin connector, and 460 W dell unit should have it. That's if you don't want to upgrade power supply, that is.
 
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By the way, I believe the Dell power supply will likely come with two 6 pin connectors. The ebay product image linked above demonstrates this. But it remains a 460 W PFC power supply.
 
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