Trying to find a gpu that will work with my current pc.

[jason5569 0]

I am currently trying to find a gpu that will work with my current pc. being as though i dont have enough money to build a pc right now. I want to find out what gpu will work on low to medium settings. I have a dell optiplex 745 here are the specs.

core 2 duo 2.4ghz e6600 (not overclocked)

305 watt stock power supply.

4 gb ram

Windows 7 (64 bit)

Intergrated graphics

I know this pc is old and not powerful at all but ive been playing on my laptop with a i7 and geforce 310 and ranging around 15fps on very low settings. wondering if I buy a new gpu for this pc I can at least run on medium. thanks

[Jorden 63]

305 watt stock power supply.

You're gonna need more than a new GPU.

[Sgt.Asshat 607]

I know this pc is old and not powerful at all but ive been playing on my laptop with a i7 and geforce 310 and ranging around 15fps on very low settings. wondering if I buy a new gpu for this pc I can at least run on medium. thanks

Try setting a couple of them to high or very high cause if theyre below high setting it uses the CPU and not GPU and having all that on a i7 built for a laptop isn't healthy.... lol

[[email protected] 300]

GTX560 Ti. Best money/performance ratio. But your stock PSU sucks pretty much.

[Uncle Gapey 16]

You'd likely have to upgrade that PSU first. I'd look at an OS reinstall on your laptop, tweak settings on it, and you should definitely be able to achieve 30+ FPS. Make sure vsync and "post-process effects" (or whatever it's labeled) are turned off. OS setup and tweaking can drastically improve gaming performance.

Go here to learn more (the product is free):

http://www.rt7lite.com/

[Uncle Gapey 16]

Oh, and here's a guide: http://www.overclock.net/t/804451/guide-stripping-w7-install-disc-for-benching

[Tree (DayZ) 1]

This is not the place to ask for help building a computer. Regardless, you have two significant factors.

1. We need to know what type of motherboard you have. Your motherboard may be old enough that it uses AGP, which is an old slot format that's no longer used.

2. Your PSU is extremely low. I assume you meant 350w as that's the typical standard PSU that comes with a computer. You're going to need atleast a 450-500w PSU if you

really want the power for something a bit decent.

http://www.piriform.com/speccy

Speccy is a program that pulls up your relevant computer information (Motherboard, Gpu, CPU, HDD Info, etc).

[jason5569 0]

I plan on updated the psu to 750w. Not sure on the motherboard. Basically just wondering

What kind of gpu won't be bottlenecked by the e6600 since I won't be overclocking. As far as the laptop I've tried every tweak except a clean install of os. And nothing better than 15 fps.