Best Graphics Card For A Dell XPS 410?

I need help on a cpu n graphics card UPGRADE!?

• OK so i have a dell 410 xps upgraded to windows 7 64bit, Processor is Intel core 2 cpu 6300 1.86 ghz, Ram 3.50gb.....i need to upgrade my cpu not sure which is the one is compatible My current Graphics card is Nvidia Ge force 8800 gts 640mb pci, i need a better one plus silent. thanks a lot.

• Answer:

  The chipset on your board supports a wide range of CPUs. This page from Intel lists it: http://ark.intel.com/chipset.aspx?familyID=22754 There are no indications on the Dell support pages as to which specific CPUs will work with your setup. There are several postings around the net regarding success using the Core 2 Quad Q6600. I lean towards the official documentation from the system maker first and in an absence as in this case, towards multiple cases documented elsewhere. As the chipset maker lists a wide variety of compatible chips, I would tend to go with that. I picked a few candidates here for you to look for, as these are rather rare right now. E6600 http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BX80571E6600-DT&cat=CPU E6700 http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=BX80571E6700-DT&cat=CPU You might want to dig around the circus known as eBay for either of these or the Q6600, Q6700 and if you really want to blow the budget the QX6700 or QX6800 Core 2 Extreme units (these last two will be very hard and expensive to find). I would go with either of the units from Geeks.com as they are a reputable company that I have dealt with for years. A quieter video card than an 8800 GTS isn't hard to find., but you have not indicated any other criteria so it is a broad range that would be applicable. 'Better' is pretty vague. 'Silent' to me means 'no noise' but to you might mean a very quiet fan. I have used both and prefer the quiet fan ones as the no fan units tend to run quite hot unless you have a large box with very active cooling. This all said here goes: This search: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&SrchInDesc=silent&Page=1&PageSize=20 produced mostly low end cards under the single criteria 'silent'. The lone exception was this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125328 No too bad at all! A Radeon 5750 with 1GB DDR5. Ypu a simple comparison here shows the relative differences: http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=616&card2=548 The key to this comparison is the memory bandwidth. The added joy of dropping power consumption by 40% with a 15% performance jump should be reasonably acceptable. The major down side of this card would be the large heatsink, at least a dual slot and you would be wise to keep a third slot open below that, too. Like I said, a large case. Good luck.