GeneralSnatch
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Like many families, mine will be heading to the eldest's house for a nice family reunion of sorts during the christmas break. Grandma GeneralSnatch bought a new computer not to long ago from Dell. However, not being at all tech savvy, she bought whatever they had recommended.
Becuase I will be in her house for approx. 9 days come this Christmas, I'd like to buy a new gfx card for her computer. I'm not going to fool myself, this is not at all a gift for her...lol.
I need something cheap, that has:
Video RAM: Required - 64 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration
Video HW Rasterization
Video HW Transform & Lighting
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 1.3
Her current card is a Geforce 8500 GT; which according to 'Can You Run It'; only meets the first and last requirment.
However, if I can avoid spending money by pulling my gfx card out of my pc for a week, I'd rather do that. Is there a way to find out what the wattage of the PSU is without opening up the tower? I'm worried that it won't be enough simply because it's a Dell, and my card is a Radeon HD 4850.
I don't know how to tell if a card meets the requirements above, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also: Should I but a 4870 and run crossfire with a 4850? edit: Of the answer is yes, how should I configure my fans? Currently, I'm using only the fans that came with the coolermaster case, but I bought 2 more. There's one in the frunt, one on the right side, and one in the back. But, there is room for 2 on the top, 1 on the bottom, 1 more on the right side ofthe case, and 2 on the left.
I'm not too canny on airflow in a PC, so again, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Becuase I will be in her house for approx. 9 days come this Christmas, I'd like to buy a new gfx card for her computer. I'm not going to fool myself, this is not at all a gift for her...lol.
I need something cheap, that has:
Video RAM: Required - 64 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration
Video HW Rasterization
Video HW Transform & Lighting
Pixel Shader Ver.: Required - 1.3
Her current card is a Geforce 8500 GT; which according to 'Can You Run It'; only meets the first and last requirment.
However, if I can avoid spending money by pulling my gfx card out of my pc for a week, I'd rather do that. Is there a way to find out what the wattage of the PSU is without opening up the tower? I'm worried that it won't be enough simply because it's a Dell, and my card is a Radeon HD 4850.
I don't know how to tell if a card meets the requirements above, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also: Should I but a 4870 and run crossfire with a 4850? edit: Of the answer is yes, how should I configure my fans? Currently, I'm using only the fans that came with the coolermaster case, but I bought 2 more. There's one in the frunt, one on the right side, and one in the back. But, there is room for 2 on the top, 1 on the bottom, 1 more on the right side ofthe case, and 2 on the left.
I'm not too canny on airflow in a PC, so again, any help would be greatly appreciated.