Can my friend's crummy computer runan 8600 GT?

Dell Inspiron 531S
Windows Vista Home Premium; 2.3GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+; 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM; 64MB (shared) Nvidia GeForce 6150SE integrated graphics chip; 250GB 7,200 rpm Western Digital hard drive

His power supply is 300 watts I believe. Could he use an nVIDIA 8600 GT graphics unit? He wants to play Team Fortress 2 and Episode 2, and he does not want to spend a lot of money.

PSu might be an issue.Mr_Versipellis

Sorry to say but he's gonna have to spend $500-800 for a custom build. Slim PCs are very hard to upgrade especially dells. If he wants to spend the least money possable tell him to get a HD2400 Pro, it's better than the intergrated chip but it's ATI's lowest performence card. I had one for my xps 210, it did alright, I could play Oblivion with it.

[QUOTE="Mr_Versipellis"]PSu might be an issue.pvtdonut54

Dell Inspiron 531S
Windows Vista Home Premium; 2.3GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+; 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM; 64MB (shared) Nvidia GeForce 6150SE integrated graphics chip; 250GB 7,200 rpm Western Digital hard drive

His power supply is 300 watts I believe. Could he use an nVIDIA 8600 GT graphics unit? He wants to play Team Fortress 2 and Episode 2, and he does not want to spend a lot of money.

pvtdonut54

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Dell Inspiron 531S
Windows Vista Home Premium; 2.3GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+; 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM; 64MB (shared) Nvidia GeForce 6150SE integrated graphics chip; 250GB 7,200 rpm Western Digital hard drive

His power supply is 300 watts I believe. Could he use an nVIDIA 8600 GT graphics unit? He wants to play Team Fortress 2 and Episode 2, and he does not want to spend a lot of money.

UltimateGamer95

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Dell Inspiron 531S
Windows Vista Home Premium; 2.3GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+; 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM; 64MB (shared) Nvidia GeForce 6150SE integrated graphics chip; 250GB 7,200 rpm Western Digital hard drive

His power supply is 300 watts I believe. Could he use an nVIDIA 8600 GT graphics unit? He wants to play Team Fortress 2 and Episode 2, and he does not want to spend a lot of money.

Duckman5

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[QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"] Well they do make low profile versions of the 4650 which will do nice with the source engine games. I think that a 4650 would be the best card you could get to fit that case. :) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121338

UltimateGamer95

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[QUOTE="Duckman5"] I wouldn't run it with that 300W PSU though.

Duckman5

[QUOTE="Duckman5"][QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"] Well it was wishful thinking that it would I suppose lol. Pehaps he should sell his dell computer and then use the money toward a newer one ;)

UltimateGamer95

What if he were to upgrade his power supply also?

What if he were to upgrade his power supply also?

pvtdonut54

hey guys just to let you know dell does not use some cheap brand psu's. PC power and cooling makes them. they showed a 375w psu was able to run a 8800 gtx fine im sure a 8600 gt will be fine is doesn't even need a pci power connector

hey guys just to let you know dell does not use some cheap brand psu's. PC power and cooling makes them. they showed a 375w psu was able to run a 8800 gtx fine im sure a 8600 gt will be fine is doesn't even need a pci power connector

Blackfallen

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hey guys just to let you know dell does not use some cheap brand psu's. PC power and cooling makes them. they showed a 375w psu was able to run a 8800 gtx fine im sure a 8600 gt will be fine is doesn't even need a pci power connector

Captain__Tripps

Say he has a very sturdy 12v rail maybe the PSU could push out a couple more watts. But that just means the card is sucking up power thatmay be used for the fans,cpu,HD,mobo,sound chip to run efficently, that means unstable performence and bad cooling. Slim form factor PCs arn't the best when it comes to cooling as it is and are not ment for gameing, ik beacause I used to have a dell XPS 210 with a 275 watt PSU, I put a HD2400 pro with a 250watt minimum power rating in it and the computer was very unstable when it came to games and the CPU heated up to 85C or more. SureI could play oblivion and such with it, but only for 15 minuts lol. So for my graduation gift I got the computer thats in my sig and i'll be able to upgrade for years now without worrying about sizes and shapes lol.

hey guys just to let you know dell does not use some cheap brand psu's. PC power and cooling makes them. they showed a 375w psu was able to run a 8800 gtx fine im sure a 8600 gt will be fine is doesn't even need a pci power connector

Blackfallen

Make sure you get a card that dosent need any power directly from the psu but draws it from the motherboard, i dont know if it matters but thats what i did with my 300 watt anthlon 3500+ pc hp and it worked fine, know i have a better rig..

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Dell Inspiron 531S
Windows Vista Home Premium; 2.3GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+; 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM; 64MB (shared) Nvidia GeForce 6150SE integrated graphics chip; 250GB 7,200 rpm Western Digital hard drive

His power supply is 300 watts I believe. Could he use an nVIDIA 8600 GT graphics unit? He wants to play Team Fortress 2 and Episode 2, and he does not want to spend a lot of money.

Duckman5

[QUOTE="pvtdonut54"][QUOTE="Mr_Versipellis"]PSu might be an issue.Recontrooper

How can a graphics card be in a good or bad condition? It can either work or not, you cannot smash half of the transistors and make it work badly.

[QUOTE="Duckman5"]

[QUOTE="UltimateGamer95"] Well they do make low profile versions of the 4650 which will do nice with the source engine games. I think that a 4650 would be the best card you could get to fit that case. :) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121338

Slig0

He is right, i can support this by saying that when I had my computer built by cyberpower PC I went with the apevia "580" watt PSU, little that i know it was a very cheap peice of s*** and after instaling the HD4870 the PSU fried a couple days later. I RMA the PSU for a "600" watt same brand and modle pretty much and a day later, fried, those PSUs didnt even weigh a pound. So I went with the PSUI have now which is better quality and 550watts and it weighs 5 pounds and the 12v rails are much sturdier and i'v had no problems since.

do not even consider replacing that psu unless you really know what you are doing... i recommend buying a geforce 7800 for that computer. it probably won't run any of the new games but it will run some old ones. it's the best you can do with that computer.

do not even consider replacing that psu unless you really know what you are doing... i recommend buying a geforce 7800 for that computer. it probably won't run any of the new games but it will run some old ones. it's the best you can do with that computer.

skyyfox1

An ATI HD 2400 Pro would do good too

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do not even consider replacing that psu unless you really know what you are doing... i recommend buying a geforce 7800 for that computer. it probably won't run any of the new games but it will run some old ones. it's the best you can do with that computer.

TrentDondasKhan

An ATI HD 2400 Pro would do good too

Loool yeah too good :D :D

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[QUOTE="skyyfox1"]

do not even consider replacing that psu unless you really know what you are doing... i recommend buying a geforce 7800 for that computer. it probably won't run any of the new games but it will run some old ones. it's the best you can do with that computer.

Slig0

An ATI HD 2400 Pro would do good too

Loool yeah too good :D :D

Good for a PC like that n e way

installing a new video card is pretty easy.. and you can get one for cheap. just be sure you have a molex connector plugged into the card. and just plug it into a pci-e slot and plug your monitor in. it's simple. a monkey could do it. and install new video drivers for windows.

installing a new video card is pretty easy.. and you can get one for cheap. just be sure you have a molex connector plugged into the card. and just plug it into a pci-e slot and plug your monitor in. it's simple. a monkey could do it. and install new video drivers for windows.

skyyfox1

You mean a

could do it? Yeah I think so as well!