Is ram my issue?

[Thrax2]

I am try to install a Sapphire R9 270, and when I looked on the box after it was shipped it said that I need 4GB of Ram. Well it just so happens I am trying to install it on an older Dell with 3GB ram. Would this cause the card to not run? I have all the other specs on the box and I am not too keen on upgrading I just needed to replace my card.. Any help guys?

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

The amount of system RAM is really not relevant to whether a video card will boot and run correctly. They list that spec so people don't expect reasonable performance in games with sub-par systems. 3 GB is plenty to run games with, provided it's configured reasonably and isn't a recent AAA title that actually requires 4 GB or more of RAM to function adequately.

Still, there is nothing stopping you from booting Windows and running the card.

 

[Thrax2]

The amount of system RAM is really not relevant to whether a video card will boot and run correctly. They list that spec so people don't expect reasonable performance in games with sub-par systems. 3 GB is plenty to run games with, provided it's configured reasonably and isn't a recent AAA title that actually requires 4 GB or more of RAM to function adequately.

Still, there is nothing stopping you from booting Windows and running the card.

 

[Thrax2]

Well do you think it's my OS? I am running old Vista 32bit..

 

[bigpinkdragon286]

Well, you really didn't list the specs of your computer. Dell usually ships their systems with power supplies that are pretty close to maxed out with the system already. It's possible your PSU can not provide enough power to run the system with the new card. Hard to say without more information.

 

[EasyLover]

I am try to install a Sapphire R9 270, and when I looked on the box after it was shipped it said that I need 4GB of Ram. Well it just so happens I am trying to install it on an older Dell with 3GB ram. Would this cause the card to not run? I have all the other specs on the box and I am not too keen on upgrading I just needed to replace my card.. Any help guys?

Exactly which issue you are facing? GPU's RAM called VRAM is not related to the system's RAM.

 

[Thrax2]

Well, you really didn't list the specs of your computer. Dell usually ships their systems with power supplies that are pretty close to maxed out with the system already. It's possible your PSU can not provide enough power to run the system with the new card. Hard to say without more information.

I bought a new photon 750w because it wouldn't run and I figured that would fix it yet it still doesn't run

 

[EasyLover]

Please post your PC's complete specs

 

[Thrax2]

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I talked with Sapphire and they said a 2.0 card wouldn't work with a 1.0 car but I'm not exactly sure what PCI-E number I have. It says it x16..

 

[EasyLover]

Would you plz post the specs so that we may be able to help you out

 

[Thrax2]

OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model Dell XPS420
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz, 2992 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A04, 3/27/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6002.18005"
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 3.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 3.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 1.13 GB
Total Virtual Memory 6.23 GB
Available Virtual Memory 4.35 GB

 

[EasyLover]

So, you are not able to use graphics card on this system? Which PSU you are using. this is LGA775 socket here. It would be helpful if motherboard's model number could be mentioned.