I recently bought a Dell Inspiron 530s and just wanted to know how good it was for videogames, mainly games like Crysis,GTA4,FarCry2,etc. heres the specs. Dual core processor 2.5 Ghz 4gb ram ai radeon hd3450 hdmi Please Respond People the computer gets here on Wed. 1/14
I recently bought a Dell Inspiron 530s and just wanted to know how good it was for videogames, mainly games like Crysis,GTA4,FarCry2,etc. heres the specs. Dual core processor 2.5 Ghz 4gb ram ai radeon hd3450 hdmi Please Respond People the computer gets here on Wed. 1/14whiz8383
Graphics card is pretty weak. Thats your biggest problem. The Dual Core is decent but would be better to get an aftermarket cooler an OC the crap out of it. 4gig of RAM is always good as well.
but isnt that the better model video card. and what about oblivion on high settings. also will web browsing be fastwhiz8383
The 3450 is the even more budget card of the last set of 3000 series which that isnt even in the 3800 series. Here is the conclusion from overclockersclub website. Conclusion: The HD3450 is designed as a next generation card supporting all of the newest techlologies and that it does well. This card is not designed for the gaming market and you will not be playing games at those ultra high graphics, but it is great for movie playback and running Vista's features. The HD3450 has a low profile design which makes it ideal for home theater PCs, but keep in mind the heatsink is big and will take up part of the expansion slot below it, keeping you from placing a card in it. The upside to the size of the heatsink is that it is a passive solution, something that makes the most sense for use in an HTPC case. I was able to overclock the card to its limits reaching 641MHz on the GPU from 600MHz and 495MHz on the memory from 400MHz. That is a substantial overclock, which added to its performance but also generated quite a bit more heat. If you are looking for a really cost effective video card to a workstation or home theater PC, I would highly recomend the HD3450, but if gaming is your style, stay away and save your money for a more advanced card because you will be disappointed. The things the HD3450 is designed to do, it does well. It reduced the load on the CPU by 9% when compared to the integrated graphics solution, this shows the strength of the onboard decoding capabilities. It worked well with the IGP while in Crossfire mode to increase graphics performance and above all it provided a clear crisp picture, all at a modest price.
how about a 1gb nvidia geforce 9400 gt 1024mb video card. i might order a new video card how do i install one of these. does it just plug in somewhere .
I would get a better card. That card with 1GB VRAM wouldn't do so good. At minimum get a 9600GT and you will be better off getting a 9800GT. That is, if it fits into the case. Also you probably have to get a new PSU.
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