Looking to Upgrade Geforce GT 610

[lozbloke]

Hi all!

Im new to gaming PC's and have just bought a lower end PC which has a very basic GT 610 2GB graphics card, so Im looking to upgrade to comfortably run GTA V, Civilization V etc

The machine is a Dell Quad Core 2.13 Ghz, 8GB Memory and 1TB Hard Drive.

Any help gratefully appreciated!!!

 

[TheLegendaryBanana]

Hi all!

Im new to gaming PC's and have just bought a lower end PC which has a very basic GT 610 2GB graphics card, so Im looking to upgrade to comfortably run GTA V, Civilization V etc

The machine is a Dell Quad Core 2.13 Ghz, 8GB Memory and 1TB Hard Drive.

Any help gratefully appreciated!!!

what kind of budget do you have?

 

[lozbloke]

Looking at around £100 tops

 

[TheLegendaryBanana]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133531 here is one option maybe like just some change over your budget or there is this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127888

 

[lozbloke]

Sorry, I should also say, its apparently quite tight for space, so something that uses up much the same space in the case would be great too!

 

[misteriosly]

Is this DELL small form factor PC ? What is the case ? Give a pic if you don't know the brand,.

 

[lozbloke]

Im having it delivered tomorrow, but this is the one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151917164023

Sorry to sound so vague! 🙂

 

[misteriosly]

That probably is a small form factor PC, the way i see it.
So you will need low profile video card, thin one.
I am not sure there are a lot of those around.
I saw ppl to offer is radeon HD 7750, but i have no idea how will civ and gta run on that one.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1765593/graphics-card-computer-optiplex-755.html.
One more thing, probably your PSU is ~300 watts, and you wont be able to upgrade it in this case.
So be careful if you buy a card before you get the PC.
PSU probably doesn't have additional 6pin power cable for GPU.

 

[lozbloke]

Hi all,

thanks for your replies and help!

So its been delivered now. Its actually a Dell Optiplex 780 Small Form Factor Desktop Quad Core Q8400 2.66Ghz, 8GB Ram and currently fitted with a GeForce GT 610 2GB - so thats the one that needs updating

 

[lozbloke]

oh and so far Civ 5 has run brilliantly, no problems there at all. Also have GTA IV which doesnt seem to have an issue thus far, but obviously looking at GTA V which I know has higher requirements graphically...very frustrating when the rest of the system seems to be suitable (RAM, CPU etc)

 

[maxalge]

oh and so far Civ 5 has run brilliantly, no problems there at all. Also have GTA IV which doesnt seem to have an issue thus far, but obviously looking at GTA V which I know has higher requirements graphically...very frustrating when the rest of the system seems to be suitable (RAM, CPU etc)

your system will never run gta5 well, because of a combination of poor power supply, small case and inadequate cpu and gpu



the best card you are going to get for that is a single slot gtx 750 ti


I would return it, and save money for a decent i5 based system with a tower case to allow for proper upgrading

 

[Shawn_s]

Gta V Will be running Smoothly, Without any lag.... I am also having a gt 610 2gb and its very good