Hi all,
I've used Tom's Hardware numerous times to answer my computer-related questions, but have never asked one myself. Y'all seem knowledgeable as hell.
I recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 3847. Currently it's got a NVIDIA GeForce GT 705 1GB DDR3 graphics card in it, which I'd like to swap out. I don't get super demanding with the PC games I play typically—in the past year I've only played Cities: Skylines, Banished, LoL, StarCraft II, Heroes of the Storm, and Civ V. I'm mostly a sandbox/RTS/4X player (plus most Blizzard titles).
I've only tested Civ on this card so far, but I can't even run that on full settings without significant lag, and I got a new computer (my old PC was custom-built but had so many problems that I decided to get a brand-name one) specifically because I'd like to get into Pillars of Eternity.
With a budget of $150-200, what kind of card would y'all recommend? Here are the computer's current specs:
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz (4GBx2)
1TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
4th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 Processor
Its power supply is 300W, which I know can affect what kind of cards the CPU can handle. Would I need to upgrade that as well? And if so, how do I go about that?
Thank you!!
I've used Tom's Hardware numerous times to answer my computer-related questions, but have never asked one myself. Y'all seem knowledgeable as hell.
I recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 3847. Currently it's got a NVIDIA GeForce GT 705 1GB DDR3 graphics card in it, which I'd like to swap out. I don't get super demanding with the PC games I play typically—in the past year I've only played Cities: Skylines, Banished, LoL, StarCraft II, Heroes of the Storm, and Civ V. I'm mostly a sandbox/RTS/4X player (plus most Blizzard titles).
I've only tested Civ on this card so far, but I can't even run that on full settings without significant lag, and I got a new computer (my old PC was custom-built but had so many problems that I decided to get a brand-name one) specifically because I'd like to get into Pillars of Eternity.
With a budget of $150-200, what kind of card would y'all recommend? Here are the computer's current specs:
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz (4GBx2)
1TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive
4th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 Processor
Its power supply is 300W, which I know can affect what kind of cards the CPU can handle. Would I need to upgrade that as well? And if so, how do I go about that?
Thank you!!