Hello, my computer currently has 8GB of RAM but has no graphics card, has been using only the integrated Intel Q45 chipset. I would like to get a (modest) graphics card, maybe something around a hundred dollars. I am not looking to make a state-of-the-art PC that can handle the latest games, just something that can do light gaming better than it currently is with no GPU.
My motherboard is a Dell OptiPlex 0F428D, SiSoft Sandra says it has 4 open expansion slots:
for 2 of them it says "PCI 32-bit +5v +3.3v PME full available"
then theres "PCIe x1 +3.3v PME full available"
and also "proprietary x1 PME full available"
Also I see that I have only a 250 watt power supply, and I know I will have to upgrade that to handle a graphics card, and am prepared to.
Please tell me what my options are given these parameters?
And please, I'd rather no one expended their time and energy explaining that any result will be too lame to bother with, and that I should just start a new build. I'm interested only in the possible, which is the modest increase I can get with a $80-$100ish graphics card and maybe a $50 power supply. What could be done with $500 that I don't have to blow on a new computer isn't of any benefit to me.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and respond.
My motherboard is a Dell OptiPlex 0F428D, SiSoft Sandra says it has 4 open expansion slots:
for 2 of them it says "PCI 32-bit +5v +3.3v PME full available"
then theres "PCIe x1 +3.3v PME full available"
and also "proprietary x1 PME full available"
Also I see that I have only a 250 watt power supply, and I know I will have to upgrade that to handle a graphics card, and am prepared to.
Please tell me what my options are given these parameters?
And please, I'd rather no one expended their time and energy explaining that any result will be too lame to bother with, and that I should just start a new build. I'm interested only in the possible, which is the modest increase I can get with a $80-$100ish graphics card and maybe a $50 power supply. What could be done with $500 that I don't have to blow on a new computer isn't of any benefit to me.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and respond.