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December 6th, 2011 08:00
Graphics Card for Inspiron 530
Hi
I have a Dell Inspiron 530. It has a Palit Nvidia GeForce 8500GT 512 MB DDR2 Graphics card. The fan on the card sounds like it is about to fail, making a growling sound - sounds like the bearing. I posted this problem a while ago and at that time I hadn't considered the graphics card fan, I thought it was either the Disk Drive of Power Unit about to fail. It is definately the fan on the the graphics card. Forum User Firebird explained to me how to eliminate them as issues.
I still have the original 300Watt power unit on the 530.
Could anyone please recommend me a replacement graphic card that is at least as good as my old 8500GT (which is now over 3 years old) that would still be able to run with my existing 300watt supply (and Vista 32 bit).
Thanks in advance
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speedstep
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December 6th, 2011 10:00
An EVGA 01G-P3-1430-LR Geforce GT430 would be my Recommendation.
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rdunnill
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December 6th, 2011 13:00
The power supply requirements for the Sapphire 6570 are grossly overstated, as the card requires only 44 watts at maximum load. I have been using one in a small form factor PC with a 300-watt power supply for several months now, with no issues, and that's why I recommended it.
To see for yourself, there's a chart in this review of the 6570/6670 GPUs:
www.hardwarecanucks.com/.../42636-amd-radeon-hd-6670-1gb-hd-6570-512mb-review.html
To reiterate, you do not have to upgrade your power supply -- save your money!
providan
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December 12th, 2011 09:00
Thank you everyone for all your advice.
In the end I opted to get the EVGA Geforce GT430 graphics card. It seems to have better performance then my old 8500GT, and works fine with my existing 300 Watt PSU. The specification does say that it required 22 amps on the +12 volt rail, and my PSU is only rated at 18 Amps on the +12 volt rail, but so far it seems to run fine. The GPU temp stays around 50C or less and the fan speed at a constant 65%.
I no longer have a noisy fan, and my PC has returned to its previous quiet (normal) state.
Thank you all for your help again
rdunnill
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December 6th, 2011 09:00
You might consider a new fan and/or heatsink, like this: www.newegg.com/.../Product.aspx
If that's not to your liking, this is a reasonable budget video card: www.newegg.com/.../Product.aspx
RobinBredin
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December 6th, 2011 11:00
If you were to upgrade your PSU, with this one HERE, then you will have a better choice of graphics cards. I use the Corsair CX500w v2 in my system.
rdunnill
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December 6th, 2011 12:00
I doubt the OP wants to be investing $100+ on both a new graphics card and a new power supply.
providan
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December 6th, 2011 12:00
Hi thanks for your response
The SAPPHIRE 100323L Radeon HD 6570 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card in your link, AMD says it requires a 400W PSU.
I'll check the forum for replacement PSU recommendations
Kelbear1
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December 6th, 2011 13:00
You do not need to upgrade your PSU for the HD 6570. The 300W unit is more than enough.
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December 12th, 2011 20:00
I saw your question posted and i wish i could answer for you but i have a question for you, i've been paying hell trying to get a card installed in my 530, it's running vista and about 3-4 years old.
3 cards later and i still can't get one to work. Did you have to go through anything in particular to install your 8500gt? I just get a black screen everytime i try to install one. I bought a radeon hd4650 1gb ddr2 pcie which dell offeres for my system so since they offer it i bought one (cheaper obviously) online same specs but it doesn't work either? I tried a gt240 1gb ddr3 pcie same thing, Anyway i just wanted to ask if you had to do anything in particular to get your 8500 going or if anyone else has any input.
Thanks!
rhettdr
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February 28th, 2012 20:00
I am having a similar issue. My original card (nvidia 8300) just failed on me. I am now on my second card attempt. I either get a back screen at reboot, or a blue screen indicating an error with the nvlddmkm.sys driver. I am currently attempting to install the inexpensive GeForce 8400 GS so that I can continue to run dual monitors (I already tried the GeForce 210). I have to boot into safe mode and disable the nvidia driver to get it to use the default driver, then I can restart without errors. When installing the driver for the new card (either from CD or download from nvidia) I get failures on some of the components, but the driver itself appears to install. When I restart, I get the errors. I am now stuck with a single monitor running the default VGA driver.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
Kelbear1
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February 29th, 2012 08:00
Do you have everything up-to-date including service packs on your OS, bios & drivers? Have you tried a clean install using Driver Sweeper? I have used it for sometime and never had any issues even though the new Nvidia drivers do offer a clean install option now. I have used four different Nvidia cards in the 530 and did not have any problems. Normally, you should cancel out of any attempts using the Windows default driver and have downloaded the latest driver from Nvidia to install. If you have the monitor cable connected to the video card after you physically install it, you should not get a black screen if the bios is set correctly to recognize it which it should be by default and the video card is good. Running Driver Sweeper (safe mode) may help get rid of the Nvidia file error message as there should not be any Nvidia files left after a clean install.
rhettdr
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February 29th, 2012 11:00
Thanks for the quick response.
I believe so. I am running Windows Vista Home Premium service pack 2. And have installed all updates. I have updated the BIOS and have downloaded the latest NVIDIA drivers. I ran the Driver Sweeper software to clean out all of the old NVIDIA drivers.
I am unable to cancel out of the automated install of the Windows default driver. It doesn't give me a cancel option and clicking the 'x' does nothing. The automated install fails, as well, but the I still get a VGA driver.
The install of the NVIDIA drivers/software appeared to complete successfully. On reboot, I get the normal BIOS startup, then the "starting windows" progress indicator. Then I get a blue screen with the error on the nvlddmkm.sys file. I restart and start windows in safe mode, disable the nvidia display adapter and can then restart normally. This is all done with the monitor attached to the new card.
carminabigue
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February 27th, 2013 19:00
AMD is now bringing their HD 6000-series to more affordable price.