Hello folks!
Trying to figure out what video card I should buy to upgrade my current one for my PC. Here are some of my PCs specs. I used dxdiag to find the graphics card info as well.
Dell Dimension E521
AMD Sempron Processor 3400+, MMX 3Dnow, 1.8Ghz
446mb Ram
ChipType and Manufacturer: Nvidia GeForce 6150 LE
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Approx. Total memory: 256MB
Is that enough information to determine what I need? If there are other things I need to consider, what are they? Any suggestions for graphics card as well as what specific memory I need to buy too? Please let me know some one. Thank you!
There is an open PCI_E x 16 slot. About the highest you can go would be a Nvidia 8600 that does not require a PCI_E 6 pin power lead as your PSU does not have one and your PSU is not powerful enough @ 305 W to handle more of a load.
Here are some examples just using Newegg as a reference:
The only model requiring the PCI_E 6 pin lead is the 8600 GTS but it does include a molex splitter with a 6 pin adapter. I do not recommend this but if you use such an adapter you need two open dedicated lines to feed the molex plugs. You cannot branch off of other lines without compromising the needed power of the card.
