I want to upgrade my Dell XPS 8100 (350W power supply, PCIe 2) from GTS 240, for video editing, no gaming. Is this a good card for that?
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I love this card. It moved me up a couple of notches on the windows grading of my computer. I need more RAM, but that's another story.
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I think this would be a good card for video editing. My MB is PCIe 2 and this card runs flawlessly. However, the documentation for the card does state that the minimum Power Supply needed is 400W (I have a 500W, so no problems). It does take a 6 pin PCIe power plug, but the card comes with an adapter to use 2 4 pin plugs. I would recommend upgrading your power supply in addition to the card - Dell & HP tend to build their boxes with the minimum size power supply needed at the time it ships to keep the cost down (and profit up).
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If you are wondering whether you'll need to upgrade your power supply, most likely you won't. My computer took the card flawlessly without upgrading anything else.
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I think it may depend on the motherboard in your computer. I installed this card into my Dell XPS 8500 running Win 8.1 and the machine won't even acknowledge that the card is there. Tried switching slots and everything, nada. Good luck.
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Hi, Ryan. I can't speak to your specific hardware configuration, but I can give you mine for a somewhat-apples-to-somewhat-apples comparison. I am running this same GTX 650 Ti 2GB in a machine with: i7 950 overclocked to 3.07GHz, 16GB RAM, 1x 64GB SSD, 2x 1TB 7200RPM HDD, 1x 750GB 7200RPM HDD. This machine has a 600W OCZ PSU, and I've had no issues with lack of power. YMMV, of course. This is a great little consumer-level card, probably the best I've owned so far. It has taken everything I've thrown at it (all games on "high" settings) with ease.
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Hey Bob.I don't know the specs on your Dell, but if it's a 4x or 8x AGP slot, the card should work.I was using it on an old Asus mobe that was serving as a Hackintosh.I never got OSX 10.6.8 to give me full accelerated graphics, but the card was recognized just fine. Let me know how it goes.God bless.RKB
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The Optiplex 760 maxes out at 8 Gig Supported RAM. This is not much of an issue if you have a hot vid card though (for games etc). The GeForce Super SC and Sapphire should run fine just remember to upgrade your power supply and upgrade any part of the BIOS or drivers necessary to operate the card. I don't think I'd want to go much below 600 Watts. Remember the Dell is already a multi processor beast and needs pretty much all of the 400 Watt standard. The new vid card will want a bunch for itself too. Adding hot vid cards and additional drives requires cooling considerations as well. You may want to think about an extractor fan unit.
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This card will play it but the frame rates would be sad. Sub 20's probably. Go for an 8600GT or better yet GTS You'll get double the performance for not much more money. Also depends on what processor/ram you have?? Woody
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By specs and technology this card far exceeds a 240 gts. As long as your system has a PCI-E slot you should be good.
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It should be. Dell's web site says that the XPS 720 has PCI Express slots, so there's no reason to think it won't work.
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MSI recommends a 350w or greater power supply. Having said that, other reviewers here say they're working fine with as little as a 250w supply. It will all depend on what else is going on with your particular PC. Start adding other things like extra CD or disk drives, extra PC or PCIE cards for other purposes, and you'll have issues. This card is good to upgrade PCs that otherwise cannot be upgraded, especially slimline machines.
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My Dell XPS Studio also has a 300 Watt power supply and I have had no issues since installing the card
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You always want more power than what is suggested. It will run but will put extra wear in the 600w power supply. Took a fast look if you are spending this much on the graphics card take a look for yourself. You can find a decent 850w-1200w for under $300. I did see one under $100, when you can you want to double the power requirements.
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It does not have it's own power connector, so it's not for heavy duty video gaming. With power supplies very cheap, at least a 400W. I only bought it for my many open tabs and multiple windows. I believe the specs are for low frame rates. I replaced it with a AMD Radeon R7 200 Series with 2 gb. It was only a few bucks more, I believe the replacement card was used for a few months then sold via Amazon. That seemed to help with my 30+ tabs open. Real gaming cards are $$$. I watched a few videos a month with the 210, that's about it. I believe I brought the 210 to my work PC to replace a 128Mb card basically due to the many open internet windows/programs.
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Mine is in a Dell that had a 300w that went bad. I replaced with a 600w and have had no issues. When I did research before I bought the card, the suggestions that I read were a 400-500w psu
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I bought it for grandson, and I installed it in a Dell, but that was at least 2 years ago. I don't remember his model number and it was probably a Win XP. I was concerned about the PSU which was 300 if I remember, but after reading that Dell PSU are sturdy we gave it a try and it's still running.. So as long as you have an empty slot it should do fine.
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FYI you're asking normal users-this isn't amazon. If the comments are correct tjast its only a 300 watt PSU, that's not much, and another comment says you can't upgrade that PSU. Dell's XPS 8700 in the same price range makes more sense as it comes with a larger 460 watt PSU, and the PSU is upgradeable (and dell tends to underrate their PSUs anyway).
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The recommended system specs for this card is a 750 watt power supply. An 850 will do fine.