Hi all,
I see you get a fair few of these questions, but I still haven't found my answers without posting. I hope someone can humour me and help me out.
I have a Dell Vostro 430 PC. It has an i7 860 2.8GHz CPU and I have 4GB RAM running W7 Pro 64bit. It suits my needs well for the most part, but it has niggled me from new that the Nvidia GeForce 310 grahpics card is the weak link in the spec. I only rank 5 for Windows Aero and 5.9 for Gaming in Windows.
I would like to upgrade the graphics card to achieve better Windows Aero perfromance, better performance viewing and editing HD video and if that means I can once a year play a PC game at a decent rate then so be it, but my aim is not really to play the latest games at full res/detail. The aim is to take a a good few steps up from the GeForce 310 I have and balance my spec out. At the moment if I use Cyberlink PowerDirector 9 (64 bit edition) to edit HD video, from time to time Windows freaks out and turns Windows aero off. A card that has ample performance to manage Windows Aero and HD video editing at the same time is what I want, so that is my minimum requirement.
I have my PSU details here:
My question is two part:
Part One
Please recommend me a new graphics card, the best performing that is compatible with my PC and safe to use with my existing PSU. Will a card safe to use with my PSU be many step up from the GeForce 310? Likewise would the card achieve my minimum req. of ample performance to manage Windows Aero and HD video editing at the same time without fail?
Part Two
If I must change my PSU to be able to run a card that is a worthwhile upgrade from the GeForce 310, what do I need to look for in a PSU and can someone recommend a make/model? I do not want the PC to be any louder than it is (it is quiet currently).
TIA
Graham
I see you get a fair few of these questions, but I still haven't found my answers without posting. I hope someone can humour me and help me out.
I have a Dell Vostro 430 PC. It has an i7 860 2.8GHz CPU and I have 4GB RAM running W7 Pro 64bit. It suits my needs well for the most part, but it has niggled me from new that the Nvidia GeForce 310 grahpics card is the weak link in the spec. I only rank 5 for Windows Aero and 5.9 for Gaming in Windows.
I would like to upgrade the graphics card to achieve better Windows Aero perfromance, better performance viewing and editing HD video and if that means I can once a year play a PC game at a decent rate then so be it, but my aim is not really to play the latest games at full res/detail. The aim is to take a a good few steps up from the GeForce 310 I have and balance my spec out. At the moment if I use Cyberlink PowerDirector 9 (64 bit edition) to edit HD video, from time to time Windows freaks out and turns Windows aero off. A card that has ample performance to manage Windows Aero and HD video editing at the same time is what I want, so that is my minimum requirement.
I have my PSU details here:
My question is two part:
Part One
Please recommend me a new graphics card, the best performing that is compatible with my PC and safe to use with my existing PSU. Will a card safe to use with my PSU be many step up from the GeForce 310? Likewise would the card achieve my minimum req. of ample performance to manage Windows Aero and HD video editing at the same time without fail?
Part Two
If I must change my PSU to be able to run a card that is a worthwhile upgrade from the GeForce 310, what do I need to look for in a PSU and can someone recommend a make/model? I do not want the PC to be any louder than it is (it is quiet currently).
TIA
Graham