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Seeing as he is coming from an FX 5200 I guess AGP cards is what he needs eh? All I can say m8 that the world is your oyster with so many cards that have been released that are allot better than what you are used to. I own a Dimension 4550 myself. With your cpu, I believe anything between a 6800GT to a 7600GT will do nicely. Your PSU is only 250watt. I ran several X800 series cards using the Dell PSU but was pushing my luck no doubt. So just be careful. The two cards I mentioned above have recommended requirements of 300 to 350watts. I eventually picked up a 300watt PC Power&Cooling PSU for $25 including shipping on eBay. Dell will tell you only a PSU from them will work. That is bullocks. You will just need a 3-pin to 4-pin adapter to power your mobo. Dell uses a 3-pin connector. Just plug the 4-pin end into an existing 4-pin molex connector from your PSU. Works fine. That is if you ever decide to upgrade your PSU to run a better card. As is, I believe your current PSU will work, but, you are pushing it. And if it can't handle the extra load and blows, it is liable to take a few components with it. I was lucky using my 250watt Dell PSU for 6 months before upgrading.<div class="ev_tpc_signature">
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Hi -HH-Quazi
yes, I need an AGP card.
Actually, I have a Dell Dimension 4600 (the 4550 is my Linux box and will get my current FX 5200 once I get a new card for the 4600).
The PSU on both is 250watt, I am assuming that the passively-cooled 7600GS that I ordered will be ok with the system. I think the 7600GT is more power hungry?
This thread in the Dell forum seems to suggest I should be ok. I guess I'll find out :-|
http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?b...=us&l=en&cs=19&s=dhs
I can't wait to see the change from the 128MB FX 5200 to 256MB 7600GS .. ought to be quite noticable I suspect/hope!
That's great news on the PSU, I recall looking into this earlier (just because the stock one is so noisy) and reading that it was a proprietory power supply. If possible I'd like to avoid upgrading the PS, but just out of curiosity, how much did you pay for yours? (oops, just saw, $25 .. that's not bad :-)
Thanks!
