Graphics Card Help

[otto-san]

I'm looking to get a new graphics card since the ones I have are broken.

Model: Dell XPS 630i
OS: Vista Home Premium
RAM: 4096MB
PSU Max Wattage: 700W

Mainboard:


I'm looking to get this card.

Will it work?

EDIT: I'm pretty sure it will, I'm just checking to make sure.

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[Nickelob Ultra]

What is your processor?

[otto-san]

What is your processor?

intel core 2 duo e8400

[rockslide26]

intel core 2 duo e8400

My laptop has a core2duo, it runs games on max fine.

The card might work, I don't really know.

[otto-san]

My laptop has a core2duo, it runs games on max fine.

The card might work, I don't really know.

...The topic is ABOUT if the card will work or not.  


The cards I currently have are nVidia 9800GT, if that can help you at all.


edit: Also, I know it can run games on max fine. It was able to do that before they started failing.

[steve5451]

It will work.
It will work more than enough.

[otto-san]

It will work.
It will work more than enough.

Alright, thanks. :D

What's some reliable source my dad will believe in? Dell? :l

[Nickelob Ultra]

You may want to upgrade to a Core 2 Quad along with the 560ti.

The 560ti is a pretty powerful card (even being the low end of the GTX500s).  You have a slight chance of bottlenecking it.

[otto-san]

You may want to upgrade to a Core 2 Quad along with the 560ti.

The 560ti is a pretty powerful card (even being the low end of the GTX500s).  You have a slight chance of bottlenecking it.

Link to buy page and define bottlenecking

[Daenth]

Link to buy page and define bottlenecking

It's a metaphor for "pushing it to the limit". Basically, pouring so much in a bottle, it's almost overflowing past the neck.
Scratch that, I was using context and skimmed Wikipedia's article and thought I was right.

A bottleneck is a phenomenon where the performance or capacity of an entire system is limited by a single or limited number of components or resources. The term bottleneck is taken from the 'assets are water' metaphor. As water is poured out of a bottle, the rate of outflow is limited by the width of the conduit of exit—that is, bottleneck. By increasing the width of the bottleneck one can increase the rate at which the water flows out of the neck at different frequencies. Such limiting components of a system are sometimes referred to as bottleneck points.

I was close but not correct. :c

[Nickelob Ultra]

Link to buy page and define bottlenecking

Bottlenecking, in computer performance, is when one aspect of your computer is very powerful while another is not as powerful.  Generally all aspects should be equally powerful (RAM, CPU, GPU).

So your 560ti may be able to render so much graphics detail, but you could still be only getting maybe a certain amount of frames per second no matter how many 560ti's you put in there in SLI because your CPU is hitting its max.

also
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115207

[otto-san]

It's a metaphor for "pushing it to the limit". Basically, pouring so much in a bottle, it's almost overflowing past the neck.

So basically

If I get the card and don't upgrade the processor too, eventually or suddenly it will just stop working or performance will suddenly and drastically drop?

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ah.

Hm. I don't know if I can afford a card and also a processor.

hhh

would this work better?

[Nickelob Ultra]

So basically

If I get the card and don't upgrade the processor too, eventually or suddenly it will just stop working or performance will suddenly and drastically drop?

Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post.
ah.

Hm. I don't know if I can afford a card and also a processor.

You could look into buying a GTX460.

[otto-san]

You could look into buying a GTX460.

Lol, I edited right before you said that.

So GTX460 would work?

[otto-san]

Wait, are you saying to look into buying a GTX460 because then I wouldn't have to buy a processor or because then it would be cheaper to buy both?