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DELL 8300??
I have a DELL 8300 with 3.0 GHz,4gb of ram and a 128 graphics card. I would like to up the graphics card but DELL is only showing me that I can go up to a 256 (3DFuzion GeForce FX5500 256MB DDR PCI Graphics Card) I am wondering is this true or can I get a 512? I'd like it for some gaming that I have not done in a while and it is slow. TIA BD
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Posted December 3rd, 2008 08:00
Your system will only take AGP type Video Cards. But there are many available - see what is listed at www.newegg.com
Your biggest issue will be power. The 8300's either came with a 250 or a 305 watt power supply (but Dell tends to underrate power supplies so the 250 is more like a 300 and the 305 is more like a 350) so whatever video card you decide on, check the power requirements (the actual video card plus the rest of the PC).
HERE is the Dell system specs from the manual