Is this graphics card suitable for my Dell?
Can anyone please advise if this graphics card would be a suitable upgrade for my Girlfriends Dell Inspiron 530. I need to go for a PciE card with no separate power supply cable, as the PSU supplied does not have one.
Sapphire HD 2600 XT 256MB GDDR4 Dual DVI-I TVO PCI-E Graphics Card - Ebuyer
My main concern would be the power consumption. The PSU in the Dell is 300w I belive. Not great.
Its only for playing WoW on so does not need to be terribly powerful, just better than the onboard graphics.
Thanks in advance for you help.
Re: Is this graphics card suitable for my Dell?
If it doesn't have a separate PCIe connector then the maximum power it can draw is 45w. The 300w PSU should be fine for this card. If you decide you want something better (not that I think you will need it to play WoW) then you can get 2x molex to PCIe adapters.
Re: Is this graphics card suitable for my Dell?
Might want to conside a gefore 7600gs as for wow you don't need that dx10 malarky, you can get them cheap and it's a low power draw card.