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February 9th, 2008 12:00
XPS Gen 3 graphics card upgrade
Hi XPS users
Can anyone help me please.I have a 3yr old Xps Gen 3. Spec:Bios Dell A07.P4 3.4 550,X800XT card,Audigy 2(Dell) and running 3GB RAM.I have just had a HD in the Raid 0 array go down and thought I would replace, reformat and hopefully upgrade to Vista 32bit Home Premium.I mainly use this machine for Flight simulation and would like to fit a 512MB graphics card with Direct X10 support.Will any of the new generation of cards work at all efficiently.(eg Radion 3850 GDDR3,NVidia 8800GT or similiar).I read that the processor could bottleneck the card giving no advantage.Or,is there an earlier 512MB card that will give me better frame rates.I am of course primarily looking to run Microsoft Flight Simulator FSX efficiently without having screens white out or freeze while everything catches up.Any help with my query would be more than appreciated as I cannot afford to just sell off the XPS for a later one - I paid a lot for this one! - that's computers I know.Thanks.
Mimag.
Can anyone help me please.I have a 3yr old Xps Gen 3. Spec:Bios Dell A07.P4 3.4 550,X800XT card,Audigy 2(Dell) and running 3GB RAM.I have just had a HD in the Raid 0 array go down and thought I would replace, reformat and hopefully upgrade to Vista 32bit Home Premium.I mainly use this machine for Flight simulation and would like to fit a 512MB graphics card with Direct X10 support.Will any of the new generation of cards work at all efficiently.(eg Radion 3850 GDDR3,NVidia 8800GT or similiar).I read that the processor could bottleneck the card giving no advantage.Or,is there an earlier 512MB card that will give me better frame rates.I am of course primarily looking to run Microsoft Flight Simulator FSX efficiently without having screens white out or freeze while everything catches up.Any help with my query would be more than appreciated as I cannot afford to just sell off the XPS for a later one - I paid a lot for this one! - that's computers I know.Thanks.
Mimag.
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February 9th, 2008 14:00
John XPS 700
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February 9th, 2008 14:00
Before I purchased my XPS 700 and XPS 720 H2C, I used a XPS Gen 3 as my main gaming computer. I had similar specs to you, running a 3.4GHz Pentium 4 and a Radeon X800XT.
Now people will come here and say yes, the processor will bottleneck the GPU, but so what? If you hook a 8800GT or similar in there, you will see a huge difference, even with a single core CPU.
By the time I was finished with my Gen 3, I had 4GB of RAM and a 8800GTS running with a suspect bottleneck chip, but still managed 9000 3Dmarks.
What I'm saying is, if you don't care that you wont be getting full performance out of your upgrade, go for it. It may be bottlenecked but it will still boost frame rates in modern titles considerably.
Regards!