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Upgrading video card to play Battlefield 3
I have an Inspiron 350, and I would love to play battlefield 3. Unfortunately it's not working on my ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT (which does run DirectX 11..)
I just have no idea which videocard to buy, and which one fits (there's not that much more room in the inspiron 350 for a bigger video card)
These are my pc specifics:
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz
Mainboard : Dell 0K216C
Chipset : Intel P31/P35
Memory : 3072MB DDR2-SDRAM (4 DIMMs)
Video Card : ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
Power supply: max. 300W
I want to buy one for max around €100,
any recommendations?
Thanks in advance!
Kelbear1
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December 21st, 2011 21:00
I have not heard of an Inspiron 350. The HD 2600 XT is only a Direct X10 card. If you want a video card to play Battlefield 3 well, you will have to upgrade your power supply. Staying with what you have, you can go with an HD 5670 and run the game at lower quality settings.
DELL-Chris M
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December 21st, 2011 22:00
Did you mean the Inspiron D530? If yes, the 300w power supply will not suffice for the AMD Radeon HD5670. You will need to upgrade the power supply.
Keltra
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December 22nd, 2011 02:00
I'm sorry, I did mean the Inspiron 530 indeed.
So I also need to upgrade the power supply?
If I do upgrade the power supply, what possibilities of better videocards do I have?
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December 22nd, 2011 08:00
PCIe x16 - Radeon HD5670, Radeon HD4670, Radeon HD4650, maybe some of the mid range newer Nvidia cards.
500w Antec NeoPower power supply
rdunnill
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December 22nd, 2011 10:00
The 6670 should make do with your existing power supply; it does not need an extra power connector and is uses between 5% and 10% less power than the 5670. Its performance is similar to that of the older nVidia 8800GT.
I had a 6570, its less powerful brethren, working in a mini-ITX case with a 220-watt power supply.
Keltra
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December 23rd, 2011 02:00
hmm oke.
which one of those 2 would you suggest:
www.alternate.nl/.../598649
(with 2048 mb capacity, but with 1600Mhz)
or
www.alternate.nl/.../580725
(with 1024 mb capacity, with 4000 Mhz)
rdunnill
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December 23rd, 2011 14:00
Either one would be fine, me thinks.
Kelbear1
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December 24th, 2011 07:00
I would get the 2nd one with GDDR5 memory. I will be better and faster. You don't need 2GB on this particular card.