I have a Dell XPS GEN 5 Specs: 3.4 GHZ P4 HT, 1 GB DDR2 RAM, 250GB HD,Double Layer DVD Burner, DVD Drive, Front Bay media card reader, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, nvidia 256mb 6800 GTOC, power supply 460 watts, I was looking into getting a nvidia 8800 gts 640mb or the 320mb, since Dell has its own parts and what not which we all know is hard to upgrade anything major on it, my question is will this pc be able to handle the video card, im also going to be getting 3gb ddr2 ram, please respectful opinions thanks again
2007-04-16 18:31:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Mac Pro lol I dont know what your talking about this is a Desktop XPS GEN 5 not a notebook xps lol..... no wonder your names Mac Pro lol noob lol......
2007-04-16 18:49:56 · update #1
Well there are only two areas you need to look at when determing if you can run a video card, the connection of the video card, and the power supply. You have the PCI Express slot, so no problems there. The second is the power supply. The 8800GTS recommends a minimum of 450W, so you should be alright, but just to be safe I would recommend getting one of the standard clocked 8800GTSs, not one of the overclocked versions. Replacing the power supply is a no go, this particular XPS model uses that bizarrely shaped power supply, hence not replaceable.
2007-04-16 18:44:02 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The most powerful GPU Dell XPS notebook system can run is 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX, which is pretty awesome.
Plus your system is the Gen type. I think only the XPS M 1710 will handle the 512MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX GPU.
Update: LOL> You got me there. Sorry about that, brotha.
Well yeah, it will support that graphic card then, LOL... You know notebooks are limited... It's all good. Never knew it was a desktop. I thought XPS GEN was a notebook. At least I have learned something.
Stay cool.
2007-04-16 18:41:53 · answer #2 · answered by Mac Pro 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your computer will handle the card just fine. Although the new Nvidia card is beyond its time. There is no games that will need all that performance I suggest you wait till it goes down in price. Unless you are very rich. The 6800 card along with your fast processor and memory should run any game extremely well. Graphics can only be so good.
2007-04-16 18:38:23 · answer #3 · answered by mike v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and No. The CPU and RAM and HDD are fine. But I think the 460watt power supply is going to be cutting the card short. It drains a lot of power. I would recomment no less than 550, but that's just me. I have a 600watt SLI power supply and it works perfectly. Make sure your motherboard has a PCI-e slot.
2007-04-16 18:37:22 · answer #4 · answered by Brett D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there's a pair issues u ought to do a million. in case your motherboard is determined up for sli(it really is going to say on the field or instructions) take decrease back the hot one and get an identical card u have already and run sli 2. no matter if it really is not sli u isn't waiting to run both so a strategies as i understand so pull out the former one and promote it on ebay and run the hot one 3. the uncomplicated one which ppl decrease to rubble each and each of the time at the same time with me make positive each project IS SEEDED AND PLUG IN TO the right SPOT
2016-12-04 04:18:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋