Graphics Card for Optiplex 760

[DuaneJ]

Hello Everyone, I first off hope this post finds you in good health & spirits 🙂

I just purchased a Dell OptiPlex 760 Mini Tower (Full Size) I checked the pics to verify. Plus my prior computer was a OptiPlex 745 Mini Tower (full size)

Specs: 3.0 Dual Core, Win 7 home premium x64, 8 Gigs ram, standard power supply, Nvida 8400 graphics card 1GB.

I want to upgrade the graphics card to:

MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (N670 PE 2GD5/OC) 2 GB GDDR5 SDRAM PCI Express 3.0
Brand MSI
Product Line MSI
Model GTX 670
MPN N670 PE 2GD5/OC
UPC

Main Specifications
Interface PCI Express 3.0 x16
Graphics Processor NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
API Supported DirectX 11.1, OpenGL 4.2
Memory Size 2 GB
Max Resolution 2560 x 1600

Processor
Graphics Processor Manufacturer NVIDIA
Graphics Processor Data Width 256-bit

Memory
Memory Technology GDDR5 SDRAM

I can NOT go w/ a lesser video card than above to play the game I bought this computer for. Thank you for your support. ;-)

 

[swilczak]

First of all, what games are you playing? Every game in existence right now will run with a graphics card that is less powerful than the gtx 670. You might be able to add the 670 if you have the OptiPlex 760 that has the wider style case, but you will have to replace the power supply with a good 500 watt PSU, and you will have a huge bottleneck with the processor you have so a lot of the money you put into buying the 670 will be wasted since you won't get good performance.

 

[DuaneJ]

The Processor is the E8400 3.0 2 duo. The tower is the fat one "Mini Tower". For reference only the game I will be playing in 2015
https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/22025/guide-to-can-my-pc-laptop-run-star-citizen#latest

I may be adding a liquid cooler & over clocking the cpu to 3.4.. I know w/ it being a god forsaken Dell over clocking isn't suggested but these cpu's have gone as high as 4. so little more nuts out of it well I'll deal w/ it.

 

[swilczak]

Games are starting to use more than two cores, so it would be a good idea to look into upgrading to a core 2 quad if possible. You can buy one used on ebay or amazon. I don't think overclocking will do much, and it's very unlikely that a Dell will have a motherboard that is overclock friendly.

 

[DuaneJ]

Games are starting to use more than two cores, so it would be a good idea to look into upgrading to a core 2 quad if possible. You can buy one used on ebay or amazon. I don't think overclocking will do much, and it's very unlikely that a Dell will have a motherboard that is overclock friendly.

Thank you very much for the heads up. I have been doing some research and I am assuming since your saying that I should go with a intel dual quad core that this optiplex has the 775 chipset and if so this is the best one I've found: intel q9650

 

[swilczak]

Yes it is socket 775 but you have to find out which motherboard you have before you will know if it will support a quad core. According to this Dell forum, you would need the U562N motherboard to support a quad core. Open the case and look on the motherboard for the model number.

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/19377487.aspx

 

[DuaneJ]

Yes it is socket 775 but you have to find out which motherboard you have before you will know if it will support a quad core. According to this Dell forum, you would need the U562N motherboard to support a quad core. Open the case and look on the motherboard for the model number.

http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/19377487.aspx

I installed the quad processor.. Didn't get your message until after you have posted. The quad processor didn't work. I flashed the board and tried that rought with no success. I cleared the cmos and that didn't work as well. I thank you for the info. I am at a realization that I am just gonna sell this piece of garbage OEM on ebay and dump it and build a amd from the ground up that I can at least do what I want too do with it.

I just want too add that I thank everyone for your assistance in helping me with the dead end OEM and wish you all a bless day & evening

For Reference: LGA 775 Quad Core will NOT work in North Bridge Intel Q45/Q43
Property Value
(Dell Inc. OptiPlex 760)
Summary
Manufacturer Dell Inc.
Model 0M858N
Version A01
Serial Number ..CN1374098M01O3.
Bridge
North Bridge Intel Q45/Q43 Revision 03
South Bridge Intel 82801JD (ICH10D) Revision 02
CPU
Name Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz
Cpu Socket Socket 775 LGA
Max CPU Speed 5200 MHz
Memory
Maximum Capacity 8192 MBytes
Maximum Memory Module Size [unknown]
Memory Slots 4
System Slots
ISA 0
PCI 3
AGP 0
VL-BUS 0
EISA 0
PCMCIA 0
ExpressCard 0
MCA 0

 

[Aviation FAN]

I have a Optiplex 755 and my mobo supports upto Core 2 Quad Q6700. Try Q6600 (2.44GHz) or Q6700 (2.6GHz)