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Graphic card upgrade
Not being sure of what i should do, i prefer asking here... I have a DELL XPS 700 with a geforce 7900 gs and i'd like to upgrade it to a newer graphic card. I want to stay with gforce and i need a card with 512M, can i just pick up one from any shop around the corner or do i have to buy something specific? Could you recommend me a brand and a model please?
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Posted October 1st, 2008 13:00
yup any retail card would work with your system, go for the 9800gtx+ if you are looking for a 512mb card.
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Posted October 1st, 2008 13:00
What is your price range? Here's a few you might consider.
EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX(G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail- Chipset Manufacturer: NVIDIA
- Core clock: 675MHz
- Stream Processors: 128
- Memory Clock: 2200MHz (effective)
- DirectX: DirectX 10
- OpenGL: OpenGL 2.1
- DVI: 2
- TV-Out: HDTV / S-Video Out
$160 on NewEgg
EVGA 512-P3-N874-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ Superclocked Edition 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail- Chipset Manufacturer: NVIDIA
- Core clock: 778MHz
- Stream Processors: 128
- Memory Clock: 2246MHz
- DirectX: DirectX 10
- OpenGL: OpenGL 2.1
- DVI: 2
- TV-Out: HDTV / S-Video Out
- Model #: 512-P3-N874-AR
- Item #: N82E16814130385
$205 on NewEgg
XFX GX260NADDU GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail- Chipset Manufacturer: NVIDIA
- Core clock: 640MHz
- Stream Processors: 192 processing cores
- Memory Clock: 2300MHz
- DirectX: DirectX 10
- OpenGL: OpenGL 2.1
- DVI: 2
- TV-Out: HDTV / S-Video Out
- Model #: GX260NADDU
- Item #: N82E16814150310
($269.99 after $30.00 Mail-In-Rebate)
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shdbcamping1
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Posted October 1st, 2008 13:00
my_lo,
Any retail card should work. Stick with EVGA as they include a simple overclock and fan management tool on most mid-range cards and higher. I got a 9800GTX_ form New Egg for my xps420 so it should work for your system. I'm extremely pleased with the performance.
Sean