- Mar 14, 2013
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After reading through the forums, I've found many others asking for the same advice as myself. Consequently, I found that the Radeon 7570 appears to be a decent choice for the Inspiron 530. Perhaps someone could help me make the proper adjustments to make this card work. I used Driver Sweeper to remove all prior drivers from the previous card, which was a 9500gt. After installing the Radeon 7570, I installed the new drivers. I just want to make sure I haven't missed something. Why would it ask for Direct 3d when my Direct X is current? It also is telling me to "upgrade my video card". Could someone please point me in the right direction?
My original post:
I recently purchased a new XPS 8500 and would like to give my Inspiron 530 to my daughter to play video games. But I would like to install a new video card first. When I got my new XPS, I upgraded to a new NVidia 660 with a 600w psu. I took the 460w psu and the Radeon 7570 gpu from the XPS and put it into the Inspiron. It is up and running and it runs alright, but at the screen saver, it tells me that I need to install Direct 3d or get a new video card. I believe this video card was configured specifically for the XPS. DELL tells me it's ok to use it in the Inspiron although it hasn't been tested and to be honest, it just doesn't feel right.
At this point, I think I may just get a new card for the Inspiron. Installing the new 460w psu has increased my options, but I don't know enough about this kind of stuff to make these types of decisions. I'm just starting to learn about "bottlenecking" and from what I understand, this can be an issue because the Inspiron is a dual-core and most of the new cards are designed for quad-core. Can someone please help me make the right choice or better yet, tell me what to do with the Radeon 7570 to make it run correctly?
24 reads and no responses left me searching the boards again. 🙁There have been many others asking for GPU choices for an Inspiron 530, but none of them helped me make a choice.
I can't seem to get the 7570 to run quite right and I stated earlier, it doesn't feel right. I don't want to damage my system, it's out of warranty and I can't fix it myself so I reinstalled the NVidia GT 9500 that I put in a few years back. It's running as smooth as ever but I would like a better card now that my finances will allow it. I prefer to go with NVidia and I don't want to go over $80.00 for this old machine because I'll probably replace it within a year anyway. I can pick a card on my own but I would like some user input, so I can hear first hand how some of the older cards look on a machine like the 530.
Any input would be very helpful.
My original post:
I recently purchased a new XPS 8500 and would like to give my Inspiron 530 to my daughter to play video games. But I would like to install a new video card first. When I got my new XPS, I upgraded to a new NVidia 660 with a 600w psu. I took the 460w psu and the Radeon 7570 gpu from the XPS and put it into the Inspiron. It is up and running and it runs alright, but at the screen saver, it tells me that I need to install Direct 3d or get a new video card. I believe this video card was configured specifically for the XPS. DELL tells me it's ok to use it in the Inspiron although it hasn't been tested and to be honest, it just doesn't feel right.
At this point, I think I may just get a new card for the Inspiron. Installing the new 460w psu has increased my options, but I don't know enough about this kind of stuff to make these types of decisions. I'm just starting to learn about "bottlenecking" and from what I understand, this can be an issue because the Inspiron is a dual-core and most of the new cards are designed for quad-core. Can someone please help me make the right choice or better yet, tell me what to do with the Radeon 7570 to make it run correctly?
24 reads and no responses left me searching the boards again. 🙁There have been many others asking for GPU choices for an Inspiron 530, but none of them helped me make a choice.
I can't seem to get the 7570 to run quite right and I stated earlier, it doesn't feel right. I don't want to damage my system, it's out of warranty and I can't fix it myself so I reinstalled the NVidia GT 9500 that I put in a few years back. It's running as smooth as ever but I would like a better card now that my finances will allow it. I prefer to go with NVidia and I don't want to go over $80.00 for this old machine because I'll probably replace it within a year anyway. I can pick a card on my own but I would like some user input, so I can hear first hand how some of the older cards look on a machine like the 530. Any input would be very helpful.
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